James Forsyth James Forsyth

Obama heads to The Hill

 Tonight President Obama addresses a join session of Congress in a televised, prime-time address. It will be in style, if not title, just like a State of the Union speech. So expect special guests—notably Captain Sullenberger who landed that plane in the Hudson, lots of glad-handing as Obama walks to the Speaker’s chair and wave after wave of standing ovations.

One thing to watch for is how much the Republicans applaud the President. The unified Republican opposition to the stimulus in the House and the fact that only three Republicans crossed over to vote for it in the Senate has come to define the Republicans. The plus side for them is that any problems with the stimulus, which has far too many pork barrel and poorly thought-through projects in it, work to their advantage. But the risk is that they look obstructionist at a time when the public wants, as

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