Obama Expands State of Union on Social Media as TV Fades

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President Barack Obama is deploying just about every trendy social media tool to promote a century-old ritual -- the annual State of the Union address to Congress.

From a kickoff web video by his chief of staff to a presidential “virtual road trip,” the White House is mounting its largest digital drive of the year to heighten the impact of tomorrow’s event amid a declining television audience.