2011 Sotu

The president's failure to address the decoupling of American corporate profits from American jobs makes reviving the nation's "competitiveness" seem somewhat beside the point but also cedes to Republicans the dominant narrative.

A great strength of the Republican message is that it is consistent; they stick to the same vision no matter what through all the ebbs and flows of time and events. We need Democrats, led by President Obama, to do the same.

Former GOP Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell announced Wednesday that she was unimpressed with President Obama's State of the Union addres...

While no Joe Wilson-like interruption came from the joint session of Congress that sat before President Barack Obama during his State of the Union add...

The president in his State of the Union address set up a debate on investment which progressives will be happy to join. But the limits of this debate are too narrow, the reforms too limited.

President Obama's speech will poll well; but the failure to tackle the big problems and issues with specific creative ideas means the president and the White House have a lot of work to do.

How can President Obama tell us in his State of the Union that "the dreams of a little girl in Tucson... deserve the chance to be fulfilled," without talking about the gun violence that destroyed those dreams?

President Barack Obama stood before a joint session of Congress Tuesday night and delivered his second State of the Union address. Below is a sampling...

Critics will no doubt complain that the president's speech was a laundry list. But when you're feeling naked, clean laundry is a pretty useful thing.

Sam Stein contributed reporting. In Tuesday evening's State of the Union address, President Obama is emphasizing several high-profile economic themes...

After months of behind-the-scenes scrimmaging, President Barack Obama has decided not to endorse cutting Social Security or raising the retirement age...