Politics & Government

Have Something to Say to Barack Obama? [VIDEO]

The president will address the nation Tuesday night, but on Wednesday he'll take questions from a few Patch readers.

West Hollywood Patch readers have a unique opportunity. The White House has asked us to extend an invitation to submit questions to the President Barack Obama and his administration.

The White House will pick the five best questions from across the country and provide video responses (though it's still a bit unclear if the answers will come from the president himself). In any case, it's not often the average citizen gets a chance to speak truth to power.

All you have to do is provide the following:

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  • Name of person submitting question
  • City, State
  • Twitter handle of submitter (if applicable)
  • Your question

You can also add them to our comment section. The deadline is noon Wednesday, Jan 25.  If you're struggling with what to ask, maybe this will help get the civic juices flowing.

Obama will speak to the nation Tuesday night in his State of the Union address airing at 6 p.m. PST on most broadcast channels. He is expected to speak to the inequality in our tax system that some say favors the wealthiest Americans.

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Patch is live-blogging the State of the Union speech. The discussion has already started: .

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