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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about politics.

It's Friday, January 15th. I'm Dorothy Wickendon, executive editor of The New Yorker writers and editors about politics. It's Friday, January 15th.

I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker. On Tuesday, President Obama gave his

final State of the Union address. The United States of America, right now, has the strongest,

most durable economy in the world.

Anyone claiming that America's economy is in decline is peddling fiction.

Last night at the debate in North Charleston, South Carolina, Ted Cruz blamed what he called

the Obama Clinton economy for leaving behind working men and women.

Evan Osnows joins me to discuss Hillary Clinton's challenges as we head into the first caucuses

and primaries and into the general election campaign.

So I don't know about you, Evan, but many have mentioned, and I guess I would agree with this assessment, that the most startling moment in Obama's State of the Union was when he conceded failure, his failure to fix our politics, as he put it.

So that was an admirable moment, but he wouldn't have said it, presumably, if he didn't see

some political gain. So what do you think he was up to there? I was really struck by that.

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