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SOTU Giddiness

I had to give it an overnight rest to let pass the euphoria that I get whenever Obama talks to me. Had to let it wear off before I could process objectively about his State of the Union address last night. I already admitted that I knew it would happen, no matter my disappointment lately , once he did that thing he does so well when he opens up his mouth to speak. I had expected to get all giddy again, and I did. Frankly, I suppose I can't help but be biased still, but not only was the speech delivered with his regular panache, I think it did good tagging all the stuff that should have been tagged. Despite some thinking it was too much of a mashup of affairs ("they had decided to serve up a buffet of all of it" so thinks Politico "), I would suppose that if it had not, he would have been beaten up for being too à la carte. Really, he had no choice but to bring it all up, though. I mean, a year ago he did come to the table with an already full plate of less-than-savo...