I think it's appropriate in America for anyone to speak out and say what their reaction is to the president's State of the Union speech.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The problem with State of the Union speeches is that they are, by their nature and design, alphabet soup. It's hard to know what a president really cares about when they run down a laundry list and check every issue box under the sun for fear they will offend some constituency if they don't.
I do expect that the President will say something at the beginning of his remarks today, at the conversation.
This is America, and everybody should have a right to say what they want to say. But I think there's a time and a place for it.
And in another point of view, I think it is right that the address of a president should be on his own subject, and that different subjects should be thus brought in turn before the meetings.
In America you can say anything you want - as long as it doesn't have any effect.
The entire purpose of the State of the Union Address is for the president to outline where we stand as a nation.
I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think always to tell the truth in a sometimes blatant way, even though it might be temporarily unpopular, is the best approach.
We need people out talking about the President, explaining, agreeing with and praising his actions.
When you're standing in front of an audience like this that is so enthusiastic and so much behind you, it is very hard to give a bad speech. Even a bad speech sounds good in a convention hall like this.
I would be concerned if any speech to Congress related any information that's new to the president of the United States.