SOTU: Research, trade & Obamacare among Obama's 'ladders of opportunity'
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Leaving undoubtedly the roughest year he's had in office so far behind him, in which the mammoth of all problems he faced was inflicted by his own administration – the bungled launch of the healthcare insurance exchanges – President Barack Obama on 28 January appeared confidently eager to get on with commencing his sixth year at the White House, declaring during his State of the Union address that "America does not need to stand still" and wait for Congress, and "neither will I."