https://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/01/24/the-state-of-the-election-address/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 08:51:53 -0400<![CDATA[America faces large problems: A soaring national debt, chronic unemployment that may become systemic, government services at the breaking point, a regulatory state that is verging on predatory, a Middle East falling increasingly into the hands of America&#8217;s enemies as America&#8217;s international peacekeeping becomes ever more unaffordable, and a world economy on the brink of catastrophe. In this moment, America needs a big thinker who can project confidence and inspire and unify the American people, but instead we have President Barack Obama. He is not only too small a thinker for the moment, he is simply too small for it, too venal, too divisive, too skeptical of economic freedom and of America&#8217;s role in the world.]]>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:18:35 -0500<![CDATA[Bryan Preston]]>https://pjmedia.com/bryan-preston-1/2012/01/24/the-state-of-the-election-address-n159866