Obama Again Likens His SOTU Speech to Presents Under Christmas Tree

“I’ve got a State of the Union address in about two weeks and that’s I want to talk about: building on the progress we've made. But, of course, why wait for the State of the Union. It’s sort of like, you've got presents under the tree, you kind of start shaking them a little bit -- I want to kind of give you a little sense of what I want to talk about. So we're going to start this week laying out some of the agenda for the next year. And here in Phoenix, I want to talk about helping more families afford their piece of the American dream and that is owning their own home.”