President Obama speaks to the Middle ClassTask Force on January 25Analysis: State Of The Union Offers Obama A Pivot Point -- Ed Henry, CNN
Washington (CNN) -- It's a tale of two speeches.
On one hand, top officials say President Obama will use his first State of the Union address to hit the issue of jobs hard by pressing his vow to keep "fighting" for the middle class -- spending new money on everything from child care to student loan assistance and sending signals to liberals that he's not giving up the battle for health care reform.
On the other hand, top officials also say a key theme will be fiscal discipline, as Obama tries to get tough on those very same liberals and tack to the political center by pushing a freeze on non-security discretionary spending for the next three years -- including a symbolic move to hold the line on the salaries of senior White House officials.
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COMMENTARIES, OPINIONS, AND EDITORIALS
Barack Obama is in denial -- Toby Harnden, The Telegraph
Obama Needs to Attack Republicans -- Paul Begala, The Daily Beast
Can This Man Outsmart the Taliban? -- Lloyd Grove, The Daily Beast
It's time for Obama to look at terrorism differently -- Jonah Goldberg, L.A. Times
How Obama Can Reverse Iran's Dangerous Course -- Robert Kagan, Washington Post
Will Iraq's Election Turmoil Reignite Conflict? -- Alex Mayer, Hashem Mandee & Moyad Al-Haidari, Real Clear World
Recognition at last for the Arab world's modern thinkers -- Rami Khouri, Globe and Mail
(Russia) Reset in Danger of Being Set Back -- David Firestein, Moscow Times
Ukraine Needs the West's Support -- Matthew Kaminski, Wall Street Journal
Ukraine Election and Russian Resurgence -- Peter Zeihan, Real Clear World, Stratfor
Hugo Chavez's Presidential Strikeout -- Washington Post editorial
Hugo Chavez Flexes His Muzzle -- Los Angeles Times editorial
Winner of Google-China feud is - India -- Peter Lee, Asia Times
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