State of the Union 2007

I haven’t seen it yet (I’ll wait for the transcript and read along), but I’m predicting that the state of our union is strong, and we can make it even stronger. But that’s just a guess.

Update: Okay, now I’ve seen it, and I was close:

…the State of our Union is strong, our cause in the world is right, and tonight that cause goes on.

That was near the end. The beginning…was a touch of class:

Thank you very much. And tonight, I have a high privilege and distinct honor of my own — as the first President to begin the State of the Union message with these words: Madam Speaker.

Sure, he’s the President. He’s supposed to show some class, and he has people to help him. Still, it was nice. Democracy is often a banal and unsightly form of government, but every once in a while democracy gives us a nice moment.

I should probably say some more about the speech, but I think I’ll leave that up to someone else.