[Safrguns]

Precisely the mentality Obama counts on.

With this type of thinking Obama can truly do whatever he wants to... and he knows it.

[onedoug]

The House holds funding Constitutionally within their power. Backed by the Senate, they could hold him eventually motionless.

That is, if they're conservative enough.

And that's a mighty big "if".

[pepsionice]

The martyr problem was what they stumbled over with Bill Clinton.

Personally, it’d be just as good to remove the State of the Union address and make it a written report instead, thus denying him a chance to stand in front of both the House and Senate, and make a public speech.