Yes, ditch the joint session State of the Union speech

Former Indiana governor and OMB Director Mitch Daniels merits a U.S. House floor standing ovation from both parties for writing last weekend that presidents should no longer deliver State of the Union addresses to joint sessions of Congress.

Daniels said that the SOTU has devolved into a “tasteless, classless spectacle” and “a tired, farcical theatrical experience more likely to promote cynicism than citizenship in its viewers.” He’s right, but a few examples would have helped make his point.