Three Good Weeks Ahead for White House on Budget

• By Stan Collender
• Roll Call Contributing Writer
• Jan. 24, 2012, Midnight

This year’s almost three-week period between tonight when the president delivers the State of the Union address and Feb. 13 when the his fiscal 2013 budget is expected to be released will give the White House an enormous advantage in getting positive media coverage and will put Congressional Republicans on the defensive.