Vivvo CMS 4.1 PRI: Public Radio International http://www.pri.org/ ©2010 Spoonlabs d.o.o. PRI: Public Radio International http://www.pri.org/files.php?file=rss_682409203.gif http://www.pri.org/ In State of the Union, Obama uses lofty rhetoric to obscure confrontation http://www.pri.org/stories/politics-society/in-state-of-the-union-obama-uses-lofty-rhetoric-to-obscure-confrontation-8121.html Politics and Society Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:04:00 -0600 President Barack Obama's 2012 State of the Union address was more partisan and more confrontational than perhaps any he's given, but it still had the aspirational rhetoric for which he has become well-known. PRI: Public Radio International