Politics | President Obama State of the Union Won't Preempt Lost: Gibbs Date for speech not set, but it's not Feb. 2: Gibbs By Marie Morris Posted Jan 8, 2010 3:06 PM CST Copied US President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama gives his Nobel speech at City Hall in Oslo, Dec. 10, 2009. A likeness of Alfred Nobel is seen on the plaque on the front of the podium. (AP Photo Bjorn Sigurdson/ Scanpix Norway, Pool) The date isn't set yet, but couch potatoes can relax: President Obama's State of the Union address will not muscle out the 3-hour premiere of the final season of Lost on Feb. 2. "I don't foresee a scenario in which the millions of people who hope to see a conclusion to Lost are pre-empted by the president," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said at today's daily briefing. "You can quote an administration official on that." Read These Next Two state troopers were shot in Pennsylvania JD Vance in hot water over birthday boating trip. Kelly Clarkson's ex died a day after she disclosed he was ill. Trump is demanding a 'new' census. Report an error