"But Tonight, We Turn the Page"

"At this moment--with a growing economy, shrinking deficits, bustling industry, and booming energy production--we have risen from recession freer to write our own future than any other nation on Earth. It's now up to us to choose who we want to be over the next fifteen years, and for decades to come.
"Will we accept an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well? Or will we commit ourselves to an economy that generates rising incomes and chances for everyone who makes the effort?"


CNN presents the text of President Obama's 2015 State of the Union Address.


Elias Isquith in Salon and John Dickerson in Slate react to the speech.


As does Brian Beutler at The New Republic.