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Play of the Day: The State of the Union's Mixed, Awkward Messages
Tuesday brings more from TV hosts on the president's big speech.
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Obama gave a decent speech last night: full of modest proposals that, depending on Congressional good spirit, may or may not be acted upon.
But that isn't stopping the critics.
Maybe he should have just stuck with broadcasting it in a six-second Vine .