{"id":12097,"date":"2014-01-30T00:25:13","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T08:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=12097"},"modified":"2014-01-30T00:25:13","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T08:25:13","slug":"state-of-the-union-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/30\/state-of-the-union-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"State of the Union: 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"0130SOTU\"<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

Barack Obama entered the rotunda an embattled President, beset by few real issues but by a wide variety of Republican lies and media distortions.  Frankly, I hoped he would come out swinging.  He exceeded my expectations, albeit in a completely different way than I had envisioned.  Most of his proposals should be pleasing to the left, but he made them in terms that should appeal to the middle, whose support he must win back to help Democrats hold the Senate, improve their standing in the House, and retake many State governments.  I think that his speech was a huge success.  You decide for yourselves.  I have the speech in it\u2019s entirety for you.  I also have four misrepresentations Republicans call responses.<\/font><\/p>\n

Here is a transcript of Obama\u2019s address, as planned<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n

Obama\u2019s SOTU Address<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n