State of the Union: un agenda modeste pour le Président?

Après une année 2013 difficile Que dira le Président Obama devant le Congrès ce mardi? Le New York Times prétend que les objectifs du Président seront plutôt modestes.

 "So these days, Mr. Obama envisions a more modest place in the tide of history. “At the end of the day, we’re part of a long-running story,” he told David Remnick of The New Yorker. “We just try to get our paragraph right.”

 Mr. Obama said that while he might not accomplish his goals during his tenure, he hoped to plant seeds. “The things you start may not come to full fruition on your timetable,” he told Mr. Remnick. “But you can move things forward. And sometimes the things that start small may turn out to be fairly significant.”

 The seemingly diminished expectations expressed in those comments surprised many in Washington, where presidents rarely acknowledge limits. Concerned about the impression Mr. Obama had left, aides warned against overanalyzing his words and said he was reinvigorated after the setbacks of 2013.

http://app.nytimes.com/#2014/01/26/nytfrontpage/obama-pursuing-a-modest-agenda-in-state-of-union