And raise the federal minimum wage to 9 an hour. Chuck, political director, guru of all things related to washington and the presidency, this is being positioned as a pivot to the economy. But really, i saw it as the third installment of the sort of broad, moral vision the president has for the country. This just had more policy specifics than, say, the Election Night speech pour the inaugural. Frankly, it would have been seen as a runofthemill state of the union. It would not have been getting that much opinion or lead attention had it not been for the last ten minutes of the speech. The last ten minutes of the speech sort of change frank list, stepped on the original message. What the president is going to sell today, in georgia and what hes going to for the next six months. Because what the state of the union is is essentially the playbook of what hes outlining of what he wants to try to sell, but lets you know, i think you cant talk about the state of the union other than the last
0 i propose working with states to make high-quality preschool available to every single child in america. and in perhaps his most notable proposal, the president urged congress to raise the minimum wage, stage can make the difference between groceries and the food bank. tonight, let s declare that in the wealthiest nation on earth no one who works full time should have to live in poverty and raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour. chuck, political director, guru of all things related to washington and the presidency, this is being positioned as a pivot to the economy. but really, i saw it as the third installment of the sort of broad, moral vision the president has for the country. this just had more policy specifics than, say, the election night speech pour the inaugural. frankly, it would have been off from the republicans. he was tough to push hard on that. those are four different issue us all of which will very likely be felt next year. i didn t think it was