The Real State of the Union

On the menu today: Tonight, Joe Biden will give the annual State of the Union Address, and we already know how most partisans will react. Almost all Democrats will gush that Biden delivered the finest address since Winston Churchill, and almost all Republicans will say it was a disastrous, failed effort to hide an abysmally disappointing record. You can also predict how the speech will be perceived by MSNBC and the editorial board of the New York Times, and how it will be greeted by Fox News. This predictable pattern means...