I haven’t been able to pilfer an advance copy of the president’s State of the Union address, but I hereby offer some guesses as to what he’ll say tonight.
The president will assert, against the evidence, that the state of our union is strong. He will boast that during his first term, we averted another great depression, achieved history-making reforms of health care and banking, saved the auto industry and began to conclude two wars. He will caution though, that we face great challenges. Obama will acknowledge that our economy is not as vibrant as it could be and will stress that the way to achieve prosperity for all, not just for the few, is to focus on the great middle class. He will say that it’s time to do “nation building” here at home and that we must reduce deficits in a “responsible” way.
