Inaugural address on steroids

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Inaugural address on steroids

By: John Gizzi

2/10/2013 08:52 PM

President Obama is expected to emphasize jobs and the economy in his State of the Union address on Tuesday given the March 1 deadline for massive budget cuts known as sequestration. But, he will also weave in major themes from his second inaugural address, including gun rights, immigration and climate change.

We would not be surprised if he echoes the words press secretary Jay Carney used recently to warn that failure to come up with an alternative would mean “[a]cross-the-board cuts to education, to research and development would have damaging effects on our economy and our long-term economic prospects. They would also have damaging effects on border security.”

 

But, as both Obama and Carney have done numerous times, the president will very likely invoke the desired alternative as one of a “balanced approach