Welcome to the Dividist's annual coverage of the Presidential Address to Congress - aka State of the Union - The Musical! In 2007, as a blogging toddler, the Dividist despaired at finding a unique approach to writing about the SOTU when so many other bloggers would be traversing the same ground. The answer came from Bob Woodward . In an on-line Washington Post forum the Dividist asked whether the SOTU had any real relevance. Woodward responded by saying it was "mostly theater. " Genius. That was the answer. What better way to frame the SOTU social media reactions than within the lyrics of a Broadway show tune? The game is to start with a Broadway song then find blog posts , news stories , tweets , essays and commentary that can be vaguely referenced in the song and link them to the lyrics. It keeps the Dividist awake and blogging throughout the speech without distracting too much from the mandatory drinking games . The program so far... 2007 - "Comedy Tonight...
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