Tuesday, January 26, 2010

The True State of the Union: A Politics Daily Sampler -- Politics Daily

The True State of the Union: A Politics Daily Sampler -- Politics Daily:


"It has evolved into a national exercise, one that invites participation from all Americans and not just the president of the United States. What is the state of our nation? Barack Obama will provide his vision Wednesday night in a stylized exercise known as the State of the Union address. If he follows the scripts of previous presidents, he will say it is 'strong.' And he will tell us how to make it stronger. He will be following a venerated pattern dating to the earliest days of the republic.

Section 3 of the Constitution is tucked unobtrusively into Article II, coming right after the Framers' brief and opaque language about impeachment, and right before the longer"