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Setting a vision for America's future, the president -- in what was his shortest speech in two terms -- put policy aside to focus on the gains America has made in the economy, health care, and education in the past seven years.

Via Newsone.com Before the State of the Union Address, I knew that President Barack Obama was going to give a great speech, as he always does. I knew he would remind us that he has become the black male Oprah Winfrey: The person of color that everyone seems to love.

From the Huffington Post: Chris Matthews is definitely going to take some heat for exclaiming that he “forgot [Obama] was black tonight for an hour… I said wait a minute, he’s an African American guy in front of a bunch of other white people.” Matthews was analyzing President Obama’s first State of the Union speech […]