State of the Union

To the subtext of a race for the presidency, President Barack Obama in his 2012 State of the Union address called for a nation where everyone gets a fair shot and plays by the same rules.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is ready to reclaim the spotlight with a plea for economic fairness in a State of Union address that opposition Republicans panned in advance as a rehash of old ideas. Obama delivers his third State of the Union address Tuesday in a capital and country shot through with politics, with his re-election campaign well under way and his potential GOP opponents l

Wyoming's senior senator gave President Barack Obama's Tuesday evening State of the Union Address credit for eloquence, but not originality.