Posted on 01/25/2010 8:29:23 AM PST by traumer
Populist or professor? Contrite or uncompromising?
President Obama will have a chance Wednesday to reintroduce himself to the nation when he delivers his first official State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress.
The prime-time speech, which will be aired on all major TV networks and cable stations, could hardly come at a more critical time for a president grappling with double-digit unemployment, sinking poll numbers and the possible collapse of his top domestic policy priority, an overhaul of the nation's health-care system.
"As often as the president has spoken over the past year, critics on the right and left have largely defined him," says University of Notre Dame American studies professor Robert Schmuhl. "For the State of the Union, he needs to redefine himself, who he is politically and what his core principles and policies are."
In Ohio on Friday, just three days after Democrats lost the 60th Senate vote that gave them an edge in pushing their agenda through Congress, Obama struck a decidedly populist tone.
Shunning a necktie for a midday town hall-style meeting in Elyria, Obama told the crowd again and again that he'll "never stop fighting" for them on issues from health care and jobs to education and accountability.
On Wednesday, however, the setting will be decidedly different: formal and steeped in history and tradition.
When he speaks to the nation from the House of Representatives' chamber, he will take "the biggest stage the president has" to speak to the people, says Michael Gerson, White House speechwriter for George W. Bush.
How he responds to last week's message from Massachusetts voters, who gave Republican Scott Brown the seat held by Sen. Edward Kennedy for nearly five decades, could set the political course for the next year and beyond.
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all weekend the magic word has been “PIVOT”
The pivot to jobs...
in the meantime his executive order socialism goes full speed.
acorn is still frauding the census...
Not sure exactly what an alpha or beta male is. I do know this punk is less manley than his old lady.
Remember something....
You are dealing with the craziest of the crazies here, who think they can convince the sheeple of ANYTHING, as long as they frame the talking points correctly.
These people don’t think the policies are the problem, they think the MESSAGING is the problem. After, they couldn’t be WRONG about what they believe, right?
In short, they think they need to reframe the debate of the debate of the reframed, reframed debate.
Didn’t this punk “reintroduce” himself after Americans found out what was being preached in Jeremiah Wright’s Temple of Racial Hatred that Zero attended for years and years?
How many more “reintroductions” are yet to come?
ABC's GMA had James (Snake Head) Carville on this AM ... fellow 'rat operative Georgie Stephanopoulos was interviewing him. ABC is very definitely in the enemy camp and has been for years ... even more so today.
He should have introduced himself 3 years ago. It’s not like he has any record we can go back and look at for hints.
“reintroduce himself?”
The freaking Kenyan has been on TV 7x24 for an entire year. We know who he is and hate him
I wonder what the attendance at the “Hall of Presidents” at Disney is these days...
Obama needs to re-invent himself, not re-introduce himself.
That’s Al Gore’s territory. Maybe Obama can get tips from Al on that subject.
Will he bring the styrofoam Greek Pillars from Denver with him?
You only one shot at a first impression.
No I think Frank Marshall Davis ,Bill Ayers and Jeremiah Wright have done a Good Job of defining the President from Hell
Until he opens up ALL his personal records to public scrutiny, including his BC, any re-introduction is BS!
Some of the things proposed sounds like a new stimulus. Yes you heard it right, it sounded to me like more stimulus. The infrastructure that the former stimulus was suppose to fix will now be fixed again.
Federal student loan payments no more than 10% of income.
One other one mentioned that I can’t remember.
Bob Beckel almost had a heart attack he was so angry at republicans. That means they are scared to death. He only had insults this morning. No facts.
He said to a republican who I adore, she is always level headed, never raises her voice or insults. But I can’t remember her name. Hah!
Beckel goes, you are the party of birchers, birthers and baggers. Then he said if you don’t want to help, get out of the way!
Help meaning do it our way,government power over everyone and everything.
Now obama says abortion and healthcare is a right, water is a privilege. As he stealthily plans to take over all water rights in the US.
Reinvent himself is more like it. Morp into a bigger liar.
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