have to deal with the debt ceiling as l. i spoke to one of the president s closest advisers who told me, point blank, the president has told him, he knows he has about a year to get the big things done. then he becomes a lame duck and then you have to start shifting more and more toward foreign policy, traveling around the world. on the domestic agend ahe has a very short time before he becomes a lame duck. the president s inaugural address tomorrow is a tradition that dates back to george washington in 1789. the president plans to look ahead more than back in the speech. let s get some insight from the wall street journal columnist. what are your thoughts on what the president needs to say in order to be most effective, to best set himself up, going into the next four years? reporter: well, i don t know. we will find out what he and his aides have decided about that, just about 24 hours from now. i think a second inaugural
from the trial of ahsan after demanding the army major shave. did the order show bias? welcome to the journal, he editorial report. little progress this week in evidence to avoid january s looming tax hikes and spending cuts commonly known as the fiscal cliff. despite a call between president obama and john boehner, the two sides appear to be no closer to a compromise. are republicans working on the scenes on a plan b? wall street journal columnist, dan henninger and kim strassel. you have bean working the phones, is there something going on between speaker boehner and the president? no, i think that they are
sentenced to death in his native country of iran for his christian faith. coming up next, wall street journal columnist will be joining us and her take on president obama s speech. stay with us. don t miss this. [ female announcer ] need help keeping your digestive balance?
and to heal the planet. my promise is to help you and your family. (cheer (cheers) welcome to the journal editorial report. i m paul gigot. republican presidential nominee mitt romney bringing down the house with that line in tampa thursday night. there s no question it was the most important speech of his career, how did he do and what did it tell about the campaign to come. let s welcome the wall street journal columnist, dan henninger, dorothy rabinowitz, kim strassel. dan one of the main goals of the convention to improve the image of mitt romney with independent voters, undecided
to dream. to create. to work. if you re going to do something. make it matter. welcome back to politicsnation. at the heart of this election is a real policy debate about the direction the country s headed in, important choices need to be made. what happens to entitlements like medicare, defense, the tax code? all these questions are central to this election. so i d like to welcome someone to help us navigate the choices that we re facing. joining me now is david wessel who s a pulitzer prize winning wall street journal columnist. he is the author of red ink: