Obama's "Short" SOTU Address Was Actually 16th Longest Since 1966

We all know by now that Professor President Obama is longwinded, and loves to hear himself talk. But he made a promise Tuesday night at his final State of the Union address that he was “going to try to make it a little shorter.” While he did succeed in making it slightly shorter than his last address, it still ended up being the 16^th longest SOTU address since 1966, clocking in at 58 minutes and 40 seconds.

The Washington Post crunched the numbers, and here’s a look at who spoke for even longer.

Guess last night could’ve been worse.