Jan 25 Watch Gibbs: President to Make ‘Very Hard Choices’ On Deficit Gwen Ifill talks to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs about the message the president hopes to convey to Congress and the American people in his State of the Union address. Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch President Obama to Focus on Jobs, Government Spending in State of the Union At the midpoint of his term, President Obama is expected to emphasize bipartisanship to address critical issues, including the economy and federal spending, as he reaches out to a Republican-dominated House of Representatives in his State of the Union address… Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch On Eve of State of the Union, Battles Loom Over Federal Spending Cuts Congressional correspondent Kwame Holman reports on debate in the House over steep spending cuts proposed by Republicans, and Jeffrey Brown looks at the fight over how to handle the nation's growing debt with Robert Greenstein of the Center on Budget… Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch Shields, Brooks: Presidency ‘At Risk’ in Outcome of Health Reform Effort Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the top political stories of the past week, including the rift between the White House and the Supreme Court over President Obama's State of the Union and the ongoing negotiations to pass… Continue watching
Mar 11 Criticism of President by Justice Is as Rare as Criticism of Court During SOTU By Quinn Bowman Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts made headlines Tuesday when he said at the University of Alabama that President Obama's criticism of the Court's decision on a landmark campaign finance case during January's State of the Union speech was… Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch White House, High Court Dustup Over State of the Union Continues The White House struck back at comments made by Chief Justice John Roberts, who criticized the president for using his State of the Union pulpit to voice disapproval of the high court's ruling on campaign finance. Judy Woodruff gets two… Continue watching
Jan 29 Watch Shields and Brooks on the Search for Bipartisanship Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks assess the top stories of the past week, including President Obama's appearance at a House GOP retreat and why Republicans may have little incentive to reach across the aisle. Continue watching
Jan 28 Obama’s Appeal for Bipartisanship Garners a Mixed Response By Judy Woodruff Among the passionately expressed sentiments in last night's State of the Union was the president's call for bipartisanship. He first reminded Democrats that even with voter frustration and anger running high against Washington, they have the largest majority in… Continue reading
Jan 28 State of the Union: The Morning After By Molly Finnegan Response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address varied widely across the media and political spectrums. (We've compiled several after the jump.) You can see your own here and here, the analysis of Mark Shields and… Continue reading
Jan 28 Your State of the Union YouTube Responses — Round One We asked for your videotaped reactions to President Obama's first State of the Union address, and they started to be posted to our YouTube channel as soon as his speech was over -- not to mention the… Continue reading