In State of the Union, Obama takes on partisan dysfunction of Washington
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 28th, 2010 5:35 am by HL
In State of the Union, Obama takes on partisan dysfunction of Washington
President Obama used his first State of the Union address to reset his relationship with the American middle class. But it was the politics of Washington, rather than any specific policy, that the president spoke about with the most passion after a year when the change he pledged proved elusive.
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