LIVE BLOG Replay: Coverage of Obama's State of the Union Address

President Barack Obama is delivering the State of the Union address tonight and following it up with on Wednesday.

For a day, get to steal back the spotlight from Republicans, who have until now soaked up all the attention as GOP presidential hopefuls toured the state leading up to the .

Check back at 7:45 p.m. for the Patch Live Blog. In the meantime, tell us in our latest .

Democrats have organized some 2,500 State of the Union watch parties around the country tonight, including several in Iowa.

Iowa Patch editors will be covering some of those parties and we will also keep you tuned in with instant analysis and commentary through a live blog that will go live shortly before the speech begins. Please join in the conversation by clicking on the Live Blog box. 

Obama is supposed to begin the address at 8 p.m. Jobs and the economy are expected to be the focus. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels will deliver the GOP rebutal immediately following. 

Here is a list of some of the watch parties around Iowa:

• Tally's Restaurant, 2712 Beaver Avenue, Beaverdale
• Bennigans, 4800 Merle Hay Road, Urbandale
• The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., Iowa City
• Mary Sue's Café, 1615 N. Harrison St., Davenport
• Buzz Coffee Shop, 116 W. Davenport St., Eldridge
• Brewer's, 2704 Stange Road, Ames

Watching the SOTU tonight? Leave your question about the speech in the comment section, and Patch will submit it to the Obama administration.

The White House has asked Patch to extend an invitation to our readers to submit questions to the President and his administration. The White House will pick the five best questions from across the country and provide video responses like this.

All you have to do is provide the following by noon Wednesday:

• Name of person submitting question
• City, State
• Twitter handle of submitter (if applicable)
• Your question