State of the Union Address

Bobby Jindal's Time Machine

Morgan Warners | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics


Morgan Warners

Dear Governor Jindal, We're all here in 2009. But you're all over the place! It's like you hopped into a time machine and left your brain with the 2...

Assurance to the Nation: Obama Delivers First Address to Congress

William Galston | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics


William Galston

No one can accuse the president of inconsistency. To a remarkable degree, he turned the rhetoric of campaigning into the template for governing.

How to Grab the Attention of Undecided Voters

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics


Jonathan Leigh Solomon

Small details, exact costs, specifics, particulars -- all are fatal to a convention speech. Just ask Bill Clinton as he walked off the podium after delivering his keynote address at the 1988 Democratic Convention.

Whoops: Bush Interrupts Phone Call With Gay Congressman's Boyfriend

Boston Globe's Political Intelligence | Susan Milligan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


It's a time-worn president's trick: walk up to a congressman chatting on the phone and send your regards to the astonished person on the other end of ...

Max Follmer

Bush's Final State Of The Union In Under 100 Words

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


So in preparing for the President's State Of The Union address, the team over at HuffPost discovered a great little feature in Microsoft Word called "...

Bush's Final State Of The Union

The Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Andrea Batista Schlesinger: The More Americans Demand Change, The More The State Of The Union Address Stays The Same Read The Speeches: Read the text...

Lame Duck: Bush To Praise Pelosi In State Of The Union

Politico | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Politico reports: Before President Bush heads to the Capitol tonight, no one should be surprised if he first doublechecks a pair of crucial Senate vo...

Will Anyone Be Listening To The State Of The Union?

Washington Post | Michael Abromowitz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


For years, President Bush and his advisers expressed frustration that the White House received little credit for the nation's strong economic performa...

Dems Try to Pre-Empt State of the Union

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats, trying to have the first word on President Bush's State of the Union speech, challenged him Friday to reno...

Reid Issues Ultimatum: More Time Or No Wiretaps

The Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


At a State of the Union preview speech today at the National Press Club, Majority Leader Harry Reid issued a dramatic ultimatum to President Bush: eit...