Prior to the State of the Union address Tuesday night much of the political coverage in the Chicago Tribune was related to the Florida primaries and the public response to Mitt Romney’s tax returns. However, there were five stories devoted to the State of the Union address. Two of the pre-State of the Union stories were related to how the speech is prepared and President Barack Obama’s plans for the future. They focused on Obama’s plans for tax reform and the policies that he plans to implement in his potential re-election. The other three stories were about the feelings of the Republicans.
Seeing as this speech will likely spark Obama’s 2012 campaign the coverage following the speech was related to what Obama said and how the public responded. There were stories that spoke about what the Chicago Tribune felt were big points in the speech such as the Dream Act and tax reform. During his speech Obama made a point to show that he believed tax reform was necessary in order to help the economy. He also pointed out the fact that there are many people who have been living in the United States their whole lives that are not legal citizens. Obama hopes that in the future these people will be able to gain citizenship and contribute to the economy.
In addition, there were stories that focused on the negative response from the Republican party. Naturally the Republicans had many critiques about what the President had to say. Some felt that the president has not lived up to his promises. Others such as Mitt Romney believed that he has changed his stance and taking the ideas of the Republican candidates.
By Wednesday morning most of the coverage about the State of the Union had ceased. Instead the focus shifted to Gabrielle Giffords resignation and the Thursday primaries. The next step will be to see who the Republican candidate will be and how the president will campaign against him.
Seeing as this speech will likely spark Obama’s 2012 campaign the coverage following the speech was related to what Obama said and how the public responded. There were stories that spoke about what the Chicago Tribune felt were big points in the speech such as the Dream Act and tax reform. During his speech Obama made a point to show that he believed tax reform was necessary in order to help the economy. He also pointed out the fact that there are many people who have been living in the United States their whole lives that are not legal citizens. Obama hopes that in the future these people will be able to gain citizenship and contribute to the economy.
In addition, there were stories that focused on the negative response from the Republican party. Naturally the Republicans had many critiques about what the President had to say. Some felt that the president has not lived up to his promises. Others such as Mitt Romney believed that he has changed his stance and taking the ideas of the Republican candidates.
By Wednesday morning most of the coverage about the State of the Union had ceased. Instead the focus shifted to Gabrielle Giffords resignation and the Thursday primaries. The next step will be to see who the Republican candidate will be and how the president will campaign against him.
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