President Barack Obama called for unity with Republicans during his report on the State of the Nation, which laid the groundwork for the second half of his mandate and to seek reelection next year.
With an electoral debacle in November, the executive maintained its position in the American political center. But also supported some of the main priorities of the Republicans, who this month took control of the House of Representatives. Convened to cut taxes on businesses, freeze some federal spending, reforming the national bureaucracy and eliminate projects that embrace only be important for some legislators pander to voters in specific districts.
The message to both houses of Congress, which is televised across the country, is one of the U.S. political events which is followed more closely, but the report this year had special significance. For the first time in two years at the presidency, Obama appeared before a divided Congress. After the November elections that the president described as a “beating” the Republicans reduced the Democratic advantage in the Senate and took control of the House of Representatives.
Obama, who in recent weeks has picked up in public opinion polls, expected to be above politics, but the two parties maneuvered to secure the lead with a view to the 2011 presidential election. President Obama said Americans expect their officials to create jobs in America. “Right now the game is who wins the next election. After all, we just had an election. “
