I know it makes me a bad political journalist, but I have never liked the State of the Union address. Yeah. I know all the arguments for why we should love this overhyped annual media orgy: POTUS gets to strut his oratorical stuff, signal his priorities, run through his policy...
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It’s Not the President’s Speech That Makes News but the Reactions to It
Everyone’s a Critic
State of the union speeches are so packaged and slick that there’s no room for excitement. Reactions to the speech—now there’s where you’ll find drama.
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