Reviewing the State of the Union
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President Barack Obama took the spotlight in his State of the Union address. Did his it hit the points points or motivate his supporters? How does this State of the Union differ or sound similar to past incumbent presidents in a reelection year?
Kerri asks Thomas Whalen, Associate Professor of Social Sciences at Boston University.
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