Biden’s Speech Probably Won’t Matter

Charlie Sykes: “I apologize in advance for my underwhelming interest in tonight’s SOTU, but my jadedness (if that is a word) has been hard won. For well over 40 years, I’ve watched the pomp, ceremony, and hype of the crucial-make-or-break-bully-pulpit pageant, and I frankly can’t remember anything from any of them, except for the theatrical sideshows. (‘You lie!’)”

“I’m sure Joe Biden will give a workmanlike speech, full of substance, lists of accomplishments, and poignant stories of people in the galleries, but he will be speaking to a performative House majority that wouldn’t know actual substance if it was zapped in the face by a Jewish space laser.”

“To the extent there is any drama, it will probably center on whether Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert start screaming at the president (or one another)… again.”

Kaleigh Rogers: In defense of the mostly-pointless State of the Union.