Obama Delivers State Of The Union

American Voices

January 26, 2011 | ISSUE 47•04

Last night, President Barack Obama delivered his second State of the Union address. What do you think?

I'm going out to win the future right now!"

Tabitha Sharkey
Lighting Equipment Operator
For all his talk about bipartisanship, Obama didn't mind delivering the State of the Union without letting a single Republican speak, did he?"

Danny O'Neill
Mail Handler
I really enjoyed watching the rejected visions for America's future they showed during the closing credits."

Ward Bradley
Systems Analyst

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