Do the Democrats really think that their boycotting the State of the Union address will make any difference at all?
Fewer windbags in the room? Sounds great to me, since there are plenty of other windbags in there. Is Cowboy Congress-lady boycotting it too? We’ll miss her ridiculous hat and oversized color-clashing fake rose.
In fact, there’s nothing in the Constitution that says the President has to do a State of the Union in person. It says that the President "shall from time to time give to Congress information of the State of the Union and recommend to their Consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.” (Article II, Section 3, Clause 1).
My interpretation is that the statement means that if he chooses to, he could send Congress a letter, send them a postcard from time to time, send them a fax, send them an email, do his State of the Union from the Oval Office, or post it to Twitter or YouTube. Who cares?
He still has time to cancel the affair and deliver his State of the Union message in another format.
I’m in favor of the YouTube format. It would honk off the news networks to no end. Given the treatment they’ve been giving him since Day 1, that reaction would probably please the President greatly.
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