Obama’s State of the Union address seeks to frame 2016 race

In 2009, he addressed a majority Democrat Congress and focused on the economy.

“With Snapchat as with other social accounts, we’ll be fully compliant with [Presidential Records Act] requirements, saving and preserving snaps for archives”, said a White House spokesperson in an emailed statement.

This speech will be different, as the president has established a largely hostile relationship with a Republican-controlled legislature and expects little headway with them in his remaining time.

Maybe there’s nothing we can do about that – maybe that’s how things have always been, to one degree or another.

The president has invited a refugee from war-torn Syria to attend the speech, a symbolic counter to Republicans proposing to block Syrians seeking asylum in the U.S. But the selection is also a reminder of Obama’s inability to end the bloodshed in Syria, where the almost five-year civil war has spurred a refugee crisis and created a vacuum for terrorism.

Another detainee was released on Monday, the Pentagon said, as Obama aims to reduce the number of Guantanamo detainees to fewer than 100 by early this year as part of his goal to shutter the facility.

Obama is hands-on when it comes to the writing.. Last year, Obama’s speech reached 31.7 million viewers, according to Nielson, down from 52 million for his first State of the Union and a whopping 62 million for George W. Bush in 2003.

Tuesday’s prime-time address marks a transition for Obama — his last high-profile opportunity to speak to the public before voting begins on February 1. I know I will. “He writes much more on a laptop, in terms of actually writing, than Bill Clinton did, who would dictate”, he said. “Despite what you hear about friction between the two of them, there’s no question it’s tremendously important that he can help in whatever way he can”. One of those is reforming America’s prison system. Obergefell’s marriage in Maryland to his husband, John, who was dying of ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, and his fight to be recognized as John’s husband on his death certificate, prompted him to become an LGBT rights activist. “Once you hit the Iowa caucuses, the entire conversation is going to shift to the horse race and to the rhetoric of presidential candidates”.

Waldman says the president and his upcoming State of the Union speech could have some impact on the presidential contest. “This is the most anti-gun president we’ve ever seen”, Cruz said in a follow-up interview. The president is slated to finalize a set of new executive actions tightening US gun laws, kicking off his previous year in office with a clear signal that he intends to prioritize one of the country’s most intractable issues.