STATE OF THE UNION: President Obama is preparing to make his third State of the Union Address tonight. Many pundits are expecting him to "draw the election year line in the sand".
In a video on his re-election campaign website, Obama said this is a "make-or-break moment for the middle class and folks trying to work their way into the middle class."
Sources say that President Obama is planning to make taxes and fairness the main theme of his speech. He plans to use Warren Buffet's secretary as an example. Debbie Bosanek pays a higher tax rate than her boss. Obama is going to have her sit in the Presidential box during the speech.
Many of the ideas Obama put forward in 2011 are still not in practice. Eliminating oil company subsidies, changing No Child Left Behind and fixing the immigration system are all still unresolved. Tax reform has not been completed either.
While everyone expects Obama to go after what he calls the "Do-nothing congress", Republicans are already prepping their rebuttals. "I read a lot about what the president is going to talk about Tuesday night. And it sounds to me like the same old policies that we've seen," said House Speaker John Boehner. "More spending, higher taxes, more regulations--the same policies that haven't helped our economy, they made it worse. And if that's what the president is going to talk about Tuesday night, I think it's pathetic."
Editor's Note: The rhetoric continues to go back and forth ahead of tonight's speech. Tomorrow should bring some light onto where Americans stand on the issues.
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