“I prefer State of the Union speeches without the speeches.”
What is it about old school, country club Republicans who want to be good losers and suffer defeat after defeat because they refuse to speak and state their case to the American people with logic and passion? This defeatist attitude has to be resisted for the poison it is.
The SOTU requirement was fulfilled by a letter read aloud by clerks in the House and Senate for over 100 years. This kabuki SOTU is an invention for radio/television.