Obama Gives State Of The Union

American Voices • Politics • barack obama • ISSUE 46•04 • Jan 28, 2010

After a full year in office, President Barack Obama delivered his first State of the Union address. What do you think?

“With all his talk about putting people back to work, I really wish the president had announced an initiative to prevent layoffs at local Pizza Huts."”
Cathy Morris –
Unemployed
“I'm not really sure how good the speech was. Unlike other presidents, Obama said that the state of our union was strong right at the beginning, so I felt relieved and turned the TV off."”
Chris Hook –
Administrative Assistant
“I listened closely, but I'm still not sure if my dream of opening a small insurance company is good or bad for America."”
Luke Sumner –
Insurance Agent

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