Obama's State of the Union Speech

President Obama delivered his 'first' State of the Union speech to a joint-session of US Congress yesterday. I would have loved to watch it, but overslept:

Click here to read the speech.

The speech has so far elicited various reactions within the US -- from fringe Republican predictability to those willing to be persuaded and wishing him to succeed.

In general, it seems, his drive to re-connect with middle class citizens just might work -- if his agenda works, against a tide of Republican baying.

The monumental question, though, is this: Will globalization's tentative but inexorable equitization momentum allow him ample elbow room for the US to fully recover, in his watch? That's the thought that came to my mind as I waded through all the aftertalk, such as I was able to wade through in the (rushed) morning.

Obama's First Address to A Joint Session of US Congress

President Obama, wuodwa, delivered his first address to a joint session of Congess in Washington, DC, yesterday (February 24th). It was in effect a State of the Union address, and he was in his usual eloquent and dignified element. Nor only that, his message was, as we have come to expect, from the heart. There was no talk-for-talk's-sake there, which is easy. Click here for the full text.