Voters
seemed to love President Obama's State of the Union address. Republican members of Congress did not. In fact, it was kind of amazing to see the
breadth of things they were opposed to in the speech, if their refusal to applaud was an indication. Like an improving economy, a soaring stock market, people getting health insurance, veterans getting health care, diseases being eradicated … they hated it all.
Maybe their hatred was less the content than the tone. Judging by the traditional media's reaction, that's probably closer to it since we know what frame the traditional media is going to be using. They found him "cocky," and even worse "boastful, confident and even cocky" despite the "electoral pounding in the midterm election less than three months ago or his year of slouching approval ratings." Maybe it was how he "brashly wagged his finger at his critics."
What's he doing, acting like he's a president who won two decisive elections, with policy successes, an improving economy, and public opinion on his side?