PRESIDENT OBAMA'S STATE OF THE UNION = STATE OF DENIAL.

The President's State of the Union Address yesterday was a spectacle wherein the flippant coalised with the mediocre.  Obama spoke as if the Democrats had won the elections and as if the Pax americana ruled the world.  The economic/social content of his address sounded almost socialist.  He claimed the steady economic victory was of his doing (?).  While the Middle East (inter alia) is on fire, he continues to play the harp of victory, Nero-like.  Yes, he mentioned ISIL,en passant, while hinting that Afghanistan and Iraq were "bucolic" success stories thanks to the American withdrawal.  About terrorism he was as low-key as he was absent in the Paris "'parade" (to quote Valerie Jarrett.).  He could have found a "cauda" proclaming:  Je suis Barak.   Nobody would dispute the assertation.

Probably he wants to control his legacy. I think that some intentions are good. I certainly sense that the inner-circle who navigates foreign waters cannot swim. The insularity of this White House is becoming unbearable.  All this will pass and everybody is looking for "change" again. Few will dare a repeat of the promised "change" of six years ago. Americans will demand an insurance policy rather than sign a blank check.

So we go into times of veto's and executive orders. "Conversation" receives lip service from both sides but the Republicans had better be monitored since some of them might carry a knife under their togas.

BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH .