Ever have one of those days when you want to write something extraordinary and you stare at the screen with a blank look on your face?  Cool!  I was having one of those spacey mornings……then ….BAM!  I got an inspiration!

I am writing this on the 24th of January and will save it as a draft to be posted on 27Jan14….I like doing something that is not anticipated…….there will be a wealth of people describing the prez’s words after the fact…..chuq will be the first to analyze before the fact….YOU ARE WELCOME!

All eyes and ears will be on our prez tomorrow night…he will give the State of the Union speech…I believe this will be #5…..and following his speech there will a a rebuttal from the GOP and somewhere they will get a Tea Party reaction (this will be an insulting name calling diatribe)…..and your fave old professor will do something  completely different….he will predict what he thinks the prez will talk about and give his analysis….before the fact……avoid the rush…if you will.

The prez will touch on several issues……..Obamacare, minimum wage, income inequality,  Iran nuke deal, immigration and climate change (not sure of this one but it would fit in his speech nicely) and then probably some note of the NSA thing and of course the usual suspects….education and manufacturing……

Our prez will focus on the ACA (Obamacare for those that cannot keep up with the acronyms) is has become a little more successful since the disastrous roll out…..he will list the successes…..since he has so few to draw on……

He should spend some major time on income inequality and a rise in the minimum wage……why?  It is an election year and he wants to set the ground work for the races…..he wants to appeal to the ‘populist’ base……..

Immigration will get some attention but not the amount that is needed to make it a priority…..

NSA will get s speechly nod….the prez will thump his chest about the reforms….the reforms?  Yep, IMO it is a band-aid for a gunshot wound……

Of course he will bring attention to the Iran nuke deal that is moving smoothly…..for now…..

And the small three, as I call them, will get a nod but not much more….those would be education, manufacturing and climate change……….

There you have what I see as the ‘meat’ of this year’s edition of the State of the Union message……..

How did I do?

I also usual give my take on the rebuttals by the GOP and the Tea Party….and I will predict those responses also….GOP–will try to refute everything the prez said and offer NO new ideas on….well ANYTHING!

The Tea Party response will be…..(I’m thinking)…….for lack of a better term….MORONIC!

I will leave the after speech analysis to those that have nothing better to talk about……chuq