Style Over Substance

Obama expected to channel Jimmy Carter.

In his speech, the president will talk about jobs, the deficit and the future of the nation’s troubled economy, but most of the attention is going to be on the theatrics in the room. It will be a night defined by the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and murder of six bystanders in Tucson less than a month ago and the highly public soul-searching that has played out since then on the need for greater civility in political debate.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/48036.html#ixzz1BxYyTEZE