Morning Jolt: Can You Feel the State of the Union Excitement?

The State of the Union address is tonight. The good news is you'll probably see President Trump at his best. Last year, in his "joint address to Congress" -- the traditional name for the address of a president who's been in office a short time -- I wrote that Trump calmed down, chilled out, and rose to the occasion. Of course, we know how the rest of the year went. The policy is pleasing, but the erratic behavior, fuming over television comments, and general lashing out at everyone demonstrated we shouldn't read too much into one well-delivered speech on one night.

The bad news is the State of the Union address doesn't really change very much, according to Gallup. They saw little change in Obama's numbers most years, and a 2010 review of all of the addresses going back through the Carter years found "across all ...

January 30 2018

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Can You Feel the State of the Union Excitement? Jim Geraghty The State of the Union address is tonight. The good news is you'll probably see President Trump at his best. Last year, in his "joint address to Congress" -- the traditional name for the address of a president who's been in office a short time -- I wrote that Trump calmed down, chilled out, and rose to the occasion. Of course, we know how the rest of the year went. The policy is pleasing, but the erratic behavior, fuming over television comments, and general lashing out at everyone demonstrated we shouldn't read too much into one well-delivered speech on one night. The bad news is the State of the Union address doesn't really change very much, according to Gallup. They saw little change in Obama's numbers most years, and a 2010 review of all of the addresses going back through the Carter years found "across all ... READ MORE Bruce Rauner Brings Educational Freedom to Illinois Families Jeb Bush Something revolutionary is happening right now in education. Illinois, one of the most union-dominated states in the country, is ushering in a new era of educational freedom. Governor Bruce... Hillary Embarrasses Herself at the Grammys Kyle Smith Hillary Embarrasses Herself at the Grammys ADVERTISEMENT Congress Shouldn't 'Protect' Mueller The Editors Breaking: For seven consecutive months, President Trump has not fired Special Counsel Robert Mueller. This qualifies as news in the context of last week's New York Times blockbuster story... Three Reasons the Left Wants Ever More Immigrants Dennis Prager On one thing we can all agree: The Left wants more and more immigrants — including immigrants who enter or stay in the country illegally — to come to America and become American citizens. The... Koch World Faces Year Two of the Trump Era — and the 2018 Midterms Jim Geraghty Indian Wells, Calif. — If you're the Koch network, the world looks pretty good right now: Sweeping tax reform has been passed, Obamacare's individual mandate is repealed, Republicans control the... Rod Rosenstein Is Shirking His Duty to Supervise Robert Mueller Andrew C. McCarthy Let's say I'm an assistant United States attorney in, oh I don't know, Montana. I get to work one morning and I say to myself, "Self, you know what would be really interesting? Why, to ask... ADVERTISEMENT Northern Armageddon: The Battle of the Plains of Abraham and the Making of the American Revolution D. Peter MacLeod "Definitive . . . superb in its combination of individual perspective and strategic narrative . . . This book tells us – brilliantly – both how the battle was fought, and what it meant." - Eliot A. Cohen, author of Conquered into Liberty: Two Centuries of Battles Along the Great Warpath that Made the American Way of War LEARN MORE Grammy Awards Red Carpet Top Shots ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.