After a tempestuous first year that ended with his political wings being clearly clipped and a notable reduction in his political clout, President Barack Obama delivered his first State of the Union address. But did it deliver? CNN’s political analysts weigh in:
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.