REBUTTAL! GOPer J.C. Watts gives his party's response to the president. (Full text) And who is he, anyway?
MARVEL! at the pix, noise and action of Tuesday's State of the Union Address. Catch video highlights of the Prez.
VOTE! Take our poll on the real state of the union.
SPEAK! Take A Stand on Clinton, Watts and the nation's health.
LISTEN! Read your opinions about Clinton and the state of your union.
POLL! suggests most Americans trust Clinton more than GOP Congress.
REMEMBER! back to Clinton's first major address to Congress -- is it just us, or did all the ideas seem bigger back then?
READ! full texts from this year's address, as well as 1996's, 1995's, 1994's and 1993's.
HOLY (noun)! Craft a slightly more goofy version of the address by filling in the blanks. Our application will do the rest.
QUIZ! So, you got to the end of the list and think you know it all, eh? Find out by taking our quiz.
Clinton vs. OJ
It's one of the great sweaty rituals of Washington.
About the time Bill Clinton hit page 12 of his 13-page speech, reporters sitting in the press gallery above and behind the president began to quietly edge toward the doors and head downstairs to Statuary Hall.
For an hour afterward or so, this imposing, and at other times stately, room is Spin Central. Tonight it contains a hot (because of the TV lights), shoving, claustrophobic mass of people -- members of Congress reacting to the what the president said, reporters who cover Washington newspapers across the country looking for someone from their home state, and tape recorders jammed into pols' faces.
It's The Schools, Stupid
America's schools took center stage in the State of the Union Address, as President Bill Clinton issued a "call to action for American education."
The theme of the entire evening was a call to action -- and in his 60-minute address the president called for many -- "to prepare America for the 21st century."
The Real State Of The Union
Presidents almost never attempt to describe the state of the union in their State of the Union speeches. Can you imagine a president reading Census, FBI or Labor Department reports, trying to describe everyday life? Here's five issue briefings and a collection of links to plumb the real state of the union.