Shields and New York Times columnist david brooks. So, gentlemen, as we wait for the president to come into the house chamber, what are you expecting tonight, mark . Im expecting high drama great theater. laughter why are we laughing . I expect pride and the question will be how enthusiastic the democrats are and how much the president offers an olive branch across the aisle. Ifill david the white house has been signaling what they will be talking about the words middle class have been coming up. Yeah, those people get too much attention. Its very much we get you. So they want to talk about Community Colleges, tax increases for the rich to pay for the stuff, they want to show we understand, were with you and you can trust us. So theyre going heavy on the middle class and picking a lot of issues, more to frame debates than past legislation. Woodruff they have been trickling out, mark, what the president will talk about. We know hell talk about taxes and some of the things david just men
Shields and New York Times columnist david brooks. So, gentlemen, as we wait for the president to come into the house chamber, what are you expecting tonight, mark . Im expecting high drama great theater. laughter why are we laughing . I expect pride and the question will be how enthusiastic the democrats are and how much the president offers an olive branch across the aisle. Ifill david the white house has been signaling what they will be talking about the words middle class have been coming up. Yeah, those people get too much attention. Its very much we get you. So they want to talk about Community Colleges, tax increases for the rich to pay for the stuff, they want to show we understand, were with you and you can trust us. So theyre going heavy on the middle class and picking a lot of issues, more to frame debates than past legislation. Woodruff they have been trickling out, mark, what the president will talk about. We know hell talk about taxes and some of the things david just men
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President from time to time shall give Congress Information on the state of the union. That time is now. It is the biggest night of the year in american politics. Tens of millions of americans expected to tune in tonight to see what president obama has to say and what will be his first state of the union before congress in which both the house and the senate are controlled by the opposite party with big majorities. Since the election the republicans won all of those seats in Congress President obama has newfound eagerness maybe even glee in getting stuff done. We are expecting to hear more tonight about what the president might have up his sleeve. I agree with that. I believe the president holds the edge tonight. He can set the course for those who think and feel about the country the way that he does. He can and will say that through executive action or with the help of the republican majority in the congress or what he would like his successor to do. He can do this. As stuck as they