President Obama makes this first formal state of the union address.

President Obama demands that Republicans "change course" and "work together to face the big challenges ahead.

Jerry Pippin and Bostonred preview the president's address.

The right of centre Tea Pary Gang's convention, to be held in Nashville in early February is now in the "trashcan of history". Sarah Palin of Alaska was scheduled to deliver the keynote speech.

Grtassroots groups have criticized the cost — "$549 per ticket and a $9.95 fee, plus hotel and airfare — as out of reach for the average tea partier. And they have balked at Ms. Palin’s speaking fee, which news reports have put at $100,000, a figure that organizers will not confirm or deny" according to the New York Times.

Federal officials charged four men on Tuesday with plotting to tamper with the telephone system in the New Orleans office of Senator Mary Landrieu, Democrat of Louisiana including filmmaker was James O’Keefe

of Acorn video project.

"The White House, Martha Coakley, the Massachusetts attorney-general, Celinda Lake, her pollster, congressional Democrats, the Democratic National Committee, Nancy Pelosi, the House Speaker, and Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, are just a few of the circular firing squad that has sucked up every last breath in Washington this past week."James Carville

Jerry Pippin and i take a look at the Brown win in the Bay state.

President Obama speaking at a whitehouse event to honour the late civil rights icon;"Dr. King dedicated his life to advancing social justice and equal opportunity for all," Obama said in a statement. "But more than 40 years after his death, there is still much work left to be done. Through service, we honor his legacy by helping our neighbors, strengthening our communities and meeting the challenges we fact together."

President Obama journeyed to Northeastern University to rally the troops for Martha Coakley and save the People's senate seat from the Big Business candidate "Wrong Way" Brown.

The final debate was held on the Boston campus of the University of Massachusetts includes Democratic Martha Coakley, Republican Scott Brown and Joseph L. Kennedy. It is sponsored by the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate.

The moderator is David Gergen of Harvard University.

Scott Brown the GOP candidate for the seat held by the late Edward M Kennedy and new found disciple of President John F Kennedy is thing more than a Rush Limbaugh-Glenn Beck clone. Rust Limbaugh of Palm Beach Florida said;" the White House thinks it can use the disaster to boost its credibility with the “light-skinned and dark-skinned black community”. Glen Beck Limbaugh's twin brother stated" I also believe this is dividing the nation…to where the nation sees him react so rapidly on Haiti". Limbaugh is the head of the racist Republican party. President John F Kennedy introduced the Civil Rights Act and Ted Kennedy's life time work was Healthcare for all.

Harry Reid was born in Searchlight, Nevada where he played football and was an amateur boxer.[2] While at Basic he met future Nevada governor Mike O'Callaghan, who was a teacher there. Reid attended Southern Utah University and Utah State University.

Reid graduated from George Washington University Law School with a J.D. while working for the United States Capitol Police(From Wikipedia).

Bostonred joints former Las Vegas, Nevada broadcaster Jerry Pippin in a hold bared discussion of Harry Reid.