How out of touch was the State of the Union address? Jim Geraghty of National Review nails it in his indispensible daily “Morning Jolt” briefing:
The 3 a.m. phone call arrived — who would have guessed it would be the CBO calling with the crisis? — and Obama is letting it go to voice mail. Either we reform entitlements now with some pain or we confront their collapse sometime in the not-too-distant future with much worse pain. And yet, judging by Obama’s speech, what really excites him is high-speed rail, manufacturing solar panels, and straightening out which department regulates salmon. He clearly has little interest in cutting government beyond defense.
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