What Obama Didn't Say
If the purpose of a State of the Union is to declare an agenda for governing, Obama failed.
If the purpose of a State of the Union is to set a grand thematic narrative for the next year: Obama succeeded. The theme is, activist government, but less of it.
But if the purpose of a State of the Union is to declare an agenda for governing, Obama failed. What should Majority Leader Harry Reid do tomorrow? This speech did not answer that question.
The speech said, here's where I'm not yielding. The speech did not say, here's where I am leading.