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Omaha Steve

(99,658 posts) Sat Jan 3, 2015, 08:42 PM Jan 2015

Obama Plans 3-Day Tour to Preview State of the Union

Source: NY Times

MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT

HONOLULU — President Obama plans to spend the weeks leading up to his State of the Union speech traveling across the country to promote different themes from it, a new approach by the commander in chief to the annual address to Congress.

In previous years, the administration waited until the day before the speech to disclose what the president planned to talk about, hoping that the element of surprise increased its news value and reach. Typically, Mr. Obama went on the road the day after the address, like the two previous presidents, to push his agenda.

But starting on Wednesday, according to the White House, Mr. Obama will begin a three-day, three-state trip in which he will lay out new executive actions and legislative policy proposals for higher education (Tennessee), housing (Arizona) and jobs (Michigan).

“With a new Congress returning to D.C., the president will act next week to lay out specific new actions and preview new policy proposals that will be included in his State of the Union address to make sure that all Americans benefit from the economic recovery,” the White House said in a statement released on Saturday.

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Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/us/politics/in-a-switch-obama-will-offer-a-state-of-the-union-preview-during-a-3-day-tour-.html

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Obama Plans 3-Day Tour to Preview State of the Union (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jan 2015 OP

And I Hope He Really Takes Credit For All The Economic Indicators.... global1 Jan 2015 #1

IDK if that's a good idea... The haters will just start flooding the airways earlier. freshwest Jan 2015 #2

global1

(25,252 posts)

1. And I Hope He Really Takes Credit For All The Economic Indicators....

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Jan 3, 2015, 11:15 PM

Jan 2015

that are at their best as we begin 2015 and points out that it is up to the Repug House and Senate to keep this forward progress. He needs to put the pressure on them that they will take much responsibility for what happens going forward.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

2. IDK if that's a good idea... The haters will just start flooding the airways earlier.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Jan 4, 2015, 01:10 AM

Jan 2015

But who knows, it might be a good idea. Let them make fools of themselves and all who are willing to buy their swill.

Lay the cards on the table and let them give it their best shot. They will miss the target but they would have gone on a hatefest anyway.

Who knows, it might get more people to make an effort to hear what Obama actually has to say. Most just go with what they're told he said.

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