Today’s SOTU has lost all pretense of humility and, much like the presidency itself, has completely eclipsed what the framers of the Constitution envisioned. Rather than a detailed report on the problems facing the nation and how Congress can ameliorate them, the speech has become another opportunity for presidents to exercise their bully pulpit. It’s nothing more than a glorified campaign rally.

This desecration of the People’s House should incense everyone who thinks the emergence of an imperial presidency is a negative development and an affront to the Founders’ vision.

[Precisely. I wrote that earlier today as well. — Ed]