Amid sure-to-be rancorous fiscal fights, Obama to deliver State of the Union

House Speaker John Boehner today formally invited President Obama to deliver the State of the Union address on February 12.

"Our nation continues to face immense challenges, and the American people expect us to work together in the new year to find meaningful solutions," Boehner wrote in a letter to the president. "This will require a willingness to seek common ground as well as presidential leadership. For that reason, the Congress and the Nation would welcome an opportunity to hear your plan and specific solutions for addressing America's great challenges."

The speech, delivered before a joint session of Congress, will come at a contentious time for lawmakers: The Treasury is expected to hit the $16.4 trillion debt limit sometime between mid-February and March, while Congress will have to address the steep "sequestration" spending cuts set to go into effect on March 1.

Mr. Obama's Feb. 12 speech will be his fourth State of the Union. His first speech before a joint session of Congress, in 2009, was not formally considered a State of the Union address since he had just taken office.

[NBGerry]

Here's what we WON'T hear:
1. Any mention of our national debt ($16.4 Trillion)
2. How minimal the tax increase on the richest 1.5% impacted the overall deficit (in fact he spent more than he brough in)
3. Talk about our projected $1 Trillion deficit for the current fiscal year
4. Any acceptance that his lack of leadership has contributed to the failures of Congress

What we WILL hear:
1. How he saved the country and anything that didn't work is everyone else's fault

[tsigili]

Obama is so inept, he can't even get the State of the Union done on time.

[tsigili]

He will use the speech to give a a speech supporting himself and his absolutely idiotic ideas.

You can expect a VERY frosty response in the Congress, Mr. President.

[stamicrach]

Tell Obama not to bother.

Anybody who breathes at least once every four minutes already knows we are on the path to the destruction/socialism.!!!

[catmomtx]

Right and that is why the American people REJECTED Republicans TWICE, right?

[tsigili]

That will be a joke. The state of the union is soooooooo bad........that he has no way to give such a speech without lying his way through it.

[diddy_back_again]

Mr. President, are you going to raise the debt ceiling by executive order like a Marxist Dictator would?

[76SpiritOf]

Sounds good!

I have an idea. I say Obama should sequester the house and senate from lobbyists. Lets put the house into session and post navy seals and marine scouts at the enterances.

Nobody is allowed in or out until they pass a budget! If they fail to reach an agreement after 12 hours, Obama gets to come in and fire 10% of them for lack of performance. If they fail to reach agreement after another 12 hours, 10% more of the starting total loses their jobs.

Its time these overpaid pampered lawmakers understand what it is like in the private sector when you cannot complete your job on time!

[wfw3536]

I am sure in Obama's speech he will tell folks how since he has been president he has added on to each person in our country another 30,000 dollars in debt, or maybe he brag about how his own budget projections show over a trillion plus dollars of new debt in the next four years, and I am sure he will tell us the new 600 billion in taxes is just not enough and Americans should give more to his administration so he can waste another 800 billion on a second new stimulus, or maybe he will brag about all the jobs he created when we now find out it will take several years just to get the unemployment rate down to 6%, or maybe he will brag about the over 2,000 new government regulations his administration has put in place that are killing businesses, yes folks who voted for Obama must be really proud.

[diddy_back_again]

Get ready for key words like the greater good, fair share, we must do more, progress, etc. I wonder if the Marxist is going to talk about how he may raise the debt ceiling by executive order. He knows he has a bunch of statist judges throughout the court system on his side. But by the time it even goes though the courts, the damage would have been done. All you supporters of the Marxist, you were warned how bad he was going to be.

[NBGerry]

And what really pains me is how the "professional" journalists just follow the talking points!

[dontknowitall]

The biggest challenge for the American Taxpayer is to keep Barry from spending. For gods sake this guy is out of control when spending other peoples MONEY!

[diddy_back_again]

Nopartyline, are you sure you're not one of those people that were on "Faces of Meth" that CBS had on their web site?

[catmomtx]

You do know that President Obama can not just spend money at will, don't you? Congress has to approve his spending. He has not spent anything that Congress has not approved. Congress does consist of Republicans as well as Democrats and a few Independents. But, I understand your confusion considering Republicans in Congress don't feel like they should pay for what they have already authorized the President to spend. You all sound really ignorant when you come on here whining that the President is just spending at will. That makes people like you full of it with no creditability.

[Ulgnud]

When it comes to producing a Constitutionally mandated US Budget this fiscally irresponsible fool has been AWOL for 4 years now. When it comes to any opportunity to be braying in public he always shows up. It might be good to watch for a laugh. The rest of us just have to look at our jobs (those that have one), high energy prices, high food prices, tax increases, deficit increases, erosion of our freedoms, and other factors to see what the State of the Union is. All his blathering won't change the fact we are in real trouble and it is getting worse.

[Ulgnud]

Looks like instead of trying to blame Bush they are now trying to blame Dumya. This president isn't trying to fix anything. He is still in Tax n Spend mode.

[diddy_back_again]

Ulgnud, the Dumya thing is a Media Matters talking point. Just a bunch of hot air. They know the Marxist Obozo is a disaster. They are just in denial mode.

[TimeToRetire]

President Obama: I am happy to report to you, the American people, that the state of the union is division. I represent half the nation and the Republicans represent the other half. There is no unity. Our nation have never been more divided. I accept the blame because I am the person you have elected to lead the nation. I am sorry I have done such a poor job of unifying the nation. I did not take a class in leadership at Harvard. They only taught me how to talk smoothly. Just remember this. If you bring a knife to the fight, I will bring a gun. By the way, I am banning yours.

[TimeToRetire]

If your team is having a losig season, reminding people of the bad old days of the last coach is a sign of weakness and no vision. Does anyone know who the last coach was at the University of Alabama?

[catmomtx]

So the President is responsible because people like YOU can not accept the fact that the American people REJECTED Republicans, their policies and ideologies,TWICE!! You all want to blame the President because Republicans spent four years and millions of dollars trying to destroy him and failing miserably. Republicans have been very vocal about their hatred for President Obama and their unwillingness to work with him but still you blame the President? Guess what? THAT IS the reason he won the election. The American people have REJECTED Republicans and their divisiveness and the antics that they have put the American people through for the past four years. Deal with it!