Tonight's State of the Union address is billed by the White House as a blueprint for economic recovery and competitiveness, but it's also a kind of formal beginning to the President's re-election campaign in 2012. Can Barack Obama rise above the expected clichés? Walter Shapiro, senior correspondent for Politics Daily, wrote speeches for former President Jimmy Carter.
The President's Speech
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Credits
Guest:
Walter Shapiro - Roll Call / Yale University -
@MrWalterShapiro
Host:
Warren Olney
Producers:
Christian Bordal,
Sonya Geis