With much of the Beltway Village media distracted over which Democratic Senator will sit with which Republican Senator at tonight's State of the Union address, there's actually some serious content that President Obama is expected to touch on, namely investments in education, science and infrastructure to make the U.S. economy more robust and competitive. He's expected to support some budget cuts, but not the ham-handed cuts the Rethugs are recklessly proposing, along with tax reform/elimination of loopholes. Everyone should be on their best behavior (we'll see), although we expect the Rethugs to sit on their hands for most of the hour, except when texting their contributors or mistresses.
UPDATE: The SOTU went pretty much as expected. Some business-friendly proposals, coupled with calls for seizing our "Sputnik moment." Nice weaving of national priorities with real-life situations represented by guests in the gallery. No catcalls from the teahadists in attendance.
