Obama Prediction (revised)

012110 – DPT – Obama Prediction

What will President Obama have to say in his SOU?

BY: DAVE TRAUBE

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President Barack Obama will soon be giving his first State of the Union Address and there are a few things we can expect him to discuss, such as the state of our economy, the status of the ongoing war and healthcare reform.

One thing hehe will discuss is required of him by the Constitution and that is the condition of our country. If past speeches are any indication, this opening section will not only be perfectly crafted but poetically delivered by the president. President Obama didn’t invent the speech, but you could almost say he has perfected it.

One year into his presidency, Obama has the opportunity to help our nations get a better understanding of whether we can, are still trying to, or just simple can’t (In regards to the slogan “Yes, we can.”. If that seems like a vague statement, we must remember the now famous Obama campaign poster with the word “HOPE” emblazoned under it, suspecting that many of those who looked at it and believed in the idea may have been hoping for something a bit different than what others were. A year in I expect President Obama to zero in on any doubt people may have.

The first year of Obama’s presidency has been, out of necessity, strongly tied in to working to reduce the economic downturn that our country and, indeed, the entire world has been faced with. In certain ways, the financial structure of our country is being remodeled and President Obama’s efforts are largely responsible for that. The list of economically themed programs includes industry bailout, deficit spending, job loss and creation and economic stimulus, to name a few. He will definitely address the economy and not only what he has done to help it, but what else can be done to help American regain its footing.

In Obama’s inaugural speech, he said that the former administration did not do its job properly and he was ready to get back to unifying politics that have not been watered down and worn out. I think in this speech he will talk about what has he done to support that claim. This is the arena where he has the opportunity to explain any issue he wants to, with a worldwide audience. If he does so with every one of these topics, it can assumed he feels good about the job his administration has done in each area. If not, or if he is silent on specific ones, different conclusions can be drawn.

Many critics and supporters alike agree that the theme of Obama’s presidential campaign was one of responsibility: by the citizens, in the business world, and within the government. Obama’s press secretary Robert Gibbs, even said before the inauguration that the core theme of the speech was, “getting our country back on track.”

One year later, I expect the President to tell us how he has accomplished this. Answers to the tough questions are what the public want to hear and we will soon found out how Obama will answer have to say.

President Obama’s party has just suffered a shocking loss in the recent Massachusetts election to fill the seat of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. Whether this signals a shift in the public’s support of the president, or an opportunity for him to re-engage the imagination of the people will hopefully be answered in his address.

The future holds the answer, and the upcoming State of the Union Address may contain some clues on what it will be.