The following schedule was made available to the press by The White House this morning. Yes, there will be traffic. Yesterday, Obama held a town hall in Costa Mesa (check it out here).
9:00 a.m. The president receives Presidential Daily Briefing.
10:30 a.m. The president tours the Edison Electric Vehicle Technical
Center Garage of the Future. Edison Electric Vehicle Technical Center, Pomona.
Out of Town Travel Pool
10:45 a.m. The president delivers remarks. Edison Electric Vehicle
Technical Center.
12:05 p.m. The president departs Edison Electric Vehicle Technical
Center.
1:10 p.m. The president holds town hall at Miguel Contreras Learning
Center, Los Angeles.
3:10 p.m. The president departs Miguel Contreras Learning Center.
4:20 p.m. The president tapes an interview on “The Tonight Show with
Jay Leno,‘ Burbank.
5:50 p.m. The president departs Long Beach en route Andrews Air Force
Base. Long Beach Airport.
Tonight, President Obama delivered his first speech before the joint Congress — dubbed that State of the Nation, it sounded positively like a State of the Union address — with at least 50 breaks for applause (presidents generally don’t give an SOTU address their first year in office). Only five weeks after taking office, the U.S. economy has continued to spiral into the ground and Obama — whose cabinet is still not complete — addressed both houses of Congress with a somber (while somehow uplifting) 52-minute speech