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Jan. 27: President Obama greets members of Congress on his way to deliver the State of the Union.

Updated January 28, 2010

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Renewing Promise of 'Change,' Obama Tries to Reset Agenda

FOXNews.com

The president renewed virtually all his campaign promises in the State of the Union. Now he's got to deliver. (Emphasis added)

The road to restoring public confidence in Washington and in his ability to lead it starts Thursday in Tampa, where Obama will hold a town hall meeting and discuss federal investment in mass transit. The visit comes as the president vows to make the economy and jobs creation his top focus in 2010, while continuing to press ahead with his ambitious agenda on everything ranging from health care reform to education to immigration reform.

"We have finished a difficult year. We have come through a difficult decade. But a new year has come," Obama said. "We don't quit. I don't quit."

The president took the podium at a vulnerable time for his agenda, his party and his relationship with Congress.

Health care reform, which earlier this month seemed on the verge of final passage, screeched to a halt last week after Republican Scott Brown won election to the U.S. Senate in the seat formerly held by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. The victory broke the Democrats' supermajority in the Senate and heightened the party's anxiety over the November midterm elections.

Obama on Wednesday urged Congress and the American people to stick with him on health care reform and other initiatives, as he lamented the coarse nature of politics in Washington and suggested that tension was eroding the public's faith in government.

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