In his fifth State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Obama sought to overcome a growing crisis of faith among Americans who find it difficult to believe the United States is a place that affords "opportunity for all" as he recommitted to implementing "concrete, practical proposals to speed up growth, strengthen the middle class, and
State Of The Union: Increasingly Unequal
Obama’s speech was peppered with humor-infused pleas for members of Congress, particularly Republican members, to join him in a “year of action”.