SOTU 4

Slices of drama in real life. Farmer did this. Auto worker did that. Doctor "gave" a mom first asthma prescription for her kid that "she could afford." (Translation. Gee, I'm wonderful.)

So much for handlers pre-speech assurance he wouldn't stoop to populist demagoguery this time.

SOTU 3

Two more down front, real Power Smacks; Sotomeyer and Kagan.

Buy Lavoris. It works.

SOTU 2

Six kisses so far, and He is barely a third of the way to the well.

SOTU 1

You can almost smell the after-shave and Lavoris. They're all grinning and hugging and slapping backs. It is a celebration of power, the unspoken exhilaration that comes from being able to tell other smaller people what to do.