Some of us are probably still nursing hangovers from ringing in 2011 with a bit too much revelry – but inside the Beltway, and in early primary states, it’s already 2012.
President Obama had just affectionately kissed the cheek of his onetime primary rival, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, when he delivered a State of the Union address designed to appeal to swing voters in hard times.
He mentioned the word “job” or “jobs” more than two dozen times, and embarked the next day on a tour of high-tech, environmentally friendly manufacturing plants in Wisconsin (ten electoral votes). His 2008 ticketmate, Vice President Joe Biden, headed to another battleground state, Indiana (eleven electoral states).
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