President Obama delivered the annual State of the Union Address on Tuesday in Washington.(Photo: Jack Gruber, USA TODAY) Story Highlights Contrast between speeches reflects a political journey from aspirational to achievable. Lack of progress in 2013 proposals has dented Obama's standing In this year's speech, Obama chose to take a longer-term %u2014 and smaller-bore %u2014 view SHARE 4 CONNECT EMAILMORE WASHINGTON Same president. Same audience. Same pomp and circumstance. Different era. The contrast between President Obama's State of the Union Address a year ago and the one he delivered Tuesday night is the difference between soaring ambitions understandable for someone who had just decisively won a second term in the White House and downsized dreams. It reflects a political journey from the aspirational to the achievable. This time, the president announced a pledge by some top corporate CEOs not to discriminate against job seekers who have been out of work fo...