“We know what it takes to compete for the jobs and industries of our time,” Obama said to applause. “We need to out-innovate, out-educate and out-build the rest of the world. We have to make America the best place on Earth to do business. We need to take responsibility for our deficit and reform our government. That’s how our people will prosper. That’s how we’ll win the future.”
Obama heads to Wisconsin on Wednesday to highlight growing opportunities in clean energy, an example of the kind of innovation investment he championed Tuesday night.
The annual speech to both chambers of Congress and all three branches of government, a night of political pageantry and symbolism, presented a new political reality.
