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In SOTU: Obama Gives a Dose of Reality, Bid to Restore Magic
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The New York Times that President Obama tried to address the depths of the reports President Obama can hardly be under any illusions about the depth of the partisan divide as he sought to reboot his presidency.
As he boasted in his first State of the Union address that his economic program had cut taxes for 95 percent of working families, Democrats jumped to their feet to cheer. Republicans sat quietly. Mr. Obama paused as he glanced over to their side of the House chamber. “I thought I’d get some applause on that one,” he said.
If Obama thought he could take the rostrum in the House chamber and restore his image as the change agent who came to Washington to end the politics of division, he received another reminder just how hard that will be. Mr. Obama tried to recapture the magic of his yes-we-can campaign after a season of no-we-can’t governing, but conceded little if any ground to critics on either the right or the left.
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