Yes, that in-many-ways-awful presidential speech is coming up this week. And the rhetorical situation is a bit different this year due both to the Giffords assassination attempt, and to the more explicit discussion of the role of civility in American political life.
Look for lots of punditry over the coming days--both speculation before and parsing afterward. Here's one of the more interesting articles I've found on the issue of SOTUs and our relation to them. Worth a look!
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