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Obama's first campaign speech of 2016
Not only is this President Obama's final State
of the Union address; also think of it as his first campaign speech of
2016 -- and certainly not the last one. Yes, Obama will talk policy,
list his achievements, and discuss what still needs to be done. But
tonight's 9:00 pm ET speech from Capitol Hill will give him the
opportunity to lay down a political marker on the 2016 contest. "We've
got a lot of good things going for us," Obama said in an interview with NBC's Matt Lauer,
previewing his State of the Union speech as part of the Today Show's
day at the White House. When Lauer asked Obama about all of the
fear/unease/insecurity that many Americans said they feel, the president
responded, "We went through a lot over these last 10 years. We went
through Katrina, the Iraq war, the worst financial crisis of our
lifetime," he said. "It is sometimes important for us to take a step
back and take measure of how far we've come." And when Lauer asked about
Donald Trump's rise and whether Obama bears any responsibility for it,
he answered, "Talk to me if he wins. Then we'll have a conversation
about how responsible I am for him."
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