Stand up, sit down, applaud, guffaw, chuckle, smirk, repeat…for one hour.
That pretty much describe how the folks in the Senate chamber reacted to the State of the Union address last night.
If you were sleeping listening to the President’s speech, you heard a lot of talk and a lot of promises… But what does it all mean?
We’ve found some pretty good analysis of the big event to help answer that question (And make you sound incredibly informed during the discussion at the water fountain/cooler today).
Some of the best commentary came via live blogs and Tweets. Catch up on what we had to say on Twitter in case you missed it! Some other great Tweets:
From the political satirist @BorowitzReport: Instant Poll: 90% of Republicans Who Did Not See Obama’s Speech Disagree With It
Getting to the point is @PatrickRuffini: This change stuff is HARDÂ #shortersotu
Political analyst @marcambinder indicates a positive response to the address: CBS Instapoll: approve of the proposals? 83% said yes. Obama has same priorities as you have? (57% to 73% in sample from pre to post)
Outside of the Twittersphere are people poring over the transcript, fact-checking, and wondering why Hillary Clinton wasn’t there. (For a good reason.)
Videos immediately started popping up around the web pointing out great, awkward, or important lines in the speech. It’s always nice to hear things straight from the horse’s mouth, so here’s a sampling of what you missed if you fell asleep at 9:00pm:
Chris Matthews may be catching some commentary for this remark (having to do with nothing other than race):
Obama creates his own little awkward moment when he calls out the Supreme Court for their recent decision on campaign finance (and Justice Alito shakes his head):
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Obama tells the Democrats they needn’t “run for the hills:”
And maybe most importantly, Obama tells the United States that he doesn’t give up on dreams:
That’s not everything there is to say by a long shot, but it’s a start to explaining the important stuff. And if you’re tired of hearing about this State of the Union already, see how things could be different with The Daily Beast’s compilation of some bad ones.
What did you think about Mr. Obama’s proposals? How did he do on his first State of the Union address?
