Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele says President Barack Obama�s State of the Union was a missed opportunity to explain why the country still suffers from double-digit unemployment and a growing budget deficit.

Steele said at a meeting of the Republican National Committee at the Hilton Hawaiian Village that Obama tried to restart his agenda. But Steele says Obama is still suffering from what Steele called an �acute case of campaign fever� a year after the president�s inauguration.
GOP leaders are trying to map out a campaign strategy for the 2010 elections. They are buoyed by their success last week in Republican Scott Brown�s election to the Massachusetts Senate seat held by the late Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.
Gov. Linda Lingle is addressing the RNC today.