After about a dozen "thank you's," Obama stood up, almost grimacing. "For two hundred and twenty years" Presidents have fulfilled the duty of giving the State of the Union, and he is going to do the same. He used a Bull Run analogy, then a civil rights analogy, to talk about when the "strength of our union" has been challenged. Obama has been challenged because of a faltering financial system.
1 in 10 Americans still cannot find work, business stinks, and he has to deal with it.
More importantly: Geithner has a 5'oclock shadow. Biden, Pelosi and Michelle Obama are color coordinated — apparently, purple is Obama's new team colors. A little purple America, anyone?
