The Book of the Shadows

The media tends to have a lot of unforced errors - stuff they're more than capable of getting right but they can't avoid getting in their own way. You put politics into the mix and they can't seem to avoid going for the easy pot-shots, banding about their faux masks, and the like. Such is the case with the Clinton wealth matter of the last few days.

The State of the Union is a Constitutional mandated report card the Executive Branch must deliver to the Legislative Branch once every year. It is an update of what accomplishments and failures the nations has had, where the nation needs to go, what it needs to focus on. Often times it is also a “to do” list from the Executive Branch for legislation it wants the Congress to complete in the next year and lays out not just the president’s agenda, but a roadmap of potential compromise and contention.