What's the State of the Union? Baby steps.

I had to sleep on this one. It wasn’t that we didn’t like the speech. Mr. Maven gave it an A+. I gave it an A-. As speeches go - and I’ve delivered more than a few - it was right up there. But it was more speech than substance.

We watched a State of the Union that was less about how we’re going to dig ourselves out of this mess, than a Leno-esque opening monologue - getting the applause and laughs all in the right places. Which may have been the right tack when you consider the deeply noxious and angry tone of American politics over the last year.

“We all hated the bank bailout.” (applause and laughs)

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Obama hits home run on health care reform!

We sat down at 5 p.m. with some degree of trepidation. Would he cave or would he stand tall?

It’s all expressed in this quote:

“We did not come here to fear the future, we came here to shape it.”

Point by eloquently made point, the President took on the naysayers and demagogues, the liars and the fear mongers. He tore them a ‘new one’ and beat them at their own game.

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It's official: Now the work begins

I’m relieved in more ways than one. I’m relieved that Obama made it to this day without mishap or tragedy. I’m relieved that America is once again, peacefully, turning a corner in history. I’m relieved that after eight years of partisan rancor, we are amazingly being given another chance - a chance to stand tall and not just say “Yes, we can.” but walk the talk. I’m relieved that we now have an opportunity to turn away from the bitterness and turn toward, if we all work together, a brighter future.

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