the president put everything he had into doing something on firearms tonight. another thing that struck me is when the president said the state of the union is strong, there wasn t much response. we have a long way to go and democrats are nervous about the obstruction the republicans have put up time and again. if you can t cheer for minimum wage. when you can t give an applause for voting rights, the republicans are in a different world. in the midst of all of that, here is the president striking a bipartisan tone and saying he s not giving a defense of the big three. he told the base we have come a long way, but we have to accept changes in medicare. there is no poll that says this is what the base wants or americans want. a little bit for everybody to be chewing at tonight. i thought it was a policy oriented stage, but positioned