Wow, Maybe He Really Is The One!

No, seriously...if he can send a reporter back in time to write a post-speech summary before the speech actually takes place, that's pretty incredible.  Via Ace of Spades:

Standing before a nation on an economic precipice, President Barack Obama aimed to balance candor with can-do Tuesday night in his first address to a joint session of Congress. Millions more anxious Americans were tuning in on TV.

Obama was arguing that his still-unfolding economic revival plan has room for—even demands—a broader agenda including dramatic increases in health care coverage and wiser, "greener" fuel use. He was addressing an ebullient Democratic congressional majority and an embattled but reinvigorated GOP minority as well as worried viewers at home.

Just five weeks after his inauguration, Obama wasn't charged with producing a formal State of the Union status report. But for all intents and purposes, that's what it was: a night for the president to sketch out his priorities in a setting unmatched the rest of the year.

He enters the chamber to lawmakers of both parties hanging into the aisle for a chance to shake his hand or exchange a word. The gallery is filled, including a special section hosted by first lady Michelle Obama in which guests are selected to serve as living symbols of the president's goals. Cramming the floor are the leaders of the federal government: Supreme Court justices, all but one Cabinet member—held away in case disaster strikes—and nearly every member of Congress.

Pre-speech, the White House blitzed the airwaves, talking up Obama's plans but tamping down any expectations of high-flying rhetoric, splashy headlines or fancy new initiatives.

Or, could it be that the media just knows their place as the Obamessiah's propaganda mouthpiece, and has simply turned in the coverage a little bit early? 

Don't think too hard about that one.

Mary Katharine Ham suggests that if this reporter (Jennifer Loven) has access to the future, Obama should put her on his economic team.  Instapundit has documented quite a history of this kind of pre-reporting, if you're interested in time travel.

Ace also offers this:

Breaking! Did we really need this poll to forecast events which will unfold within hours?

"A national poll indicates most Americans think President Obama will give a good speech Tuesday night in his address to a joint session of Congress, but expectations are not as high as they were for his inaugural address."

Good Lord, the media are really rooting for their boyfriend, aren't they? Now they are making sure the public expects him to give a "good speech."

*sigh*

Regardless, it should be interesting to hear the speech tonight.  Perhaps even more interesting will be Rep. Governor Bobby Jindal's response.  I suspect we'll see two wildly contrasting philosophies - one suggesting that responsibility should be on the shoulders of government, and one suggesting that responsibility should be on the shoulders of the individual, the people of America.  And, as it just so happens, that's the most basic difference between liberals and conservatives.  Stay tuned.

There's my two cents.