So. Thoughts on last night's SOTU? Was it everything you dreamed it would be? And is America just the greatest country in the world, or what?

BeggarsCanBeChoosers: How Rush Limbaugh damaged the GOP brand.

Litbrit: How Christopher Dorner might well be any of us.

Frankly Curious: How "reasonable" Republicans are still unreasonable.

Gin and Tacos: How February 5 is the Yom Kippur of American journalism.

Mario Piperni: How Marco Rubio is the new Mitt Romney.

Round-up by Michael J.W. Stickings of The Reaction (@mjwstickings). I'll be here all week.

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