SOTU 7

"Son of a bar keep is speaker of the house."

And Boehner takes the bait, rises, grins, gives the C in C a sloppy salute.

SOTU 6

"Income inequality."

Right up front, quickly giving lie to White House pre-spinners that you wouldn't emphasize it.

Also, Michelle fixes schools. (Thank you, ma'am.)

SOTU 5

"Create new jobs, not create new crises."

The phrase you're trying to remember, Sir,  is "false dichotomy."

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.