An opportunity

Obama is a masterful speaker, no doubt about it. And this gives him an opportunity with his State of the Union address tonight to inspire and lead the nation in an exciting and bold direction toward economic recovery. But his speech will need content as well as style, and that's the rub. The rumors of what is in it are not encouraging. So we'll see. Above all else, he must make it clear that he is the people's president, not just the president of Wall Street.

I'll be at my banjo lesson and miss it. Just as well. My notion is that he will depress the hell out of me. I can't remember being more disappointed in a politician.