Leave No President Behind

Grade the State of the Union Address,
Then Send the President His Report Card

It started off as a good idea. The constitution requires the President “from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union.” Unfortunately, the State of the Union address has become an annual spectacle filled with spin and distortion punctuated by thunderous applause from the President’s people. Somehow the real “state of the union” never really gets discussed, not even “from time to time.”

Maybe the problem is that Presidents don’t know what we think about these speeches. Maybe all they hear is the applause and raves from their staff and donors so they think they’ve done a good job.

This year we want to change that. We’ve created a report card for you to use to grade the President’s performance. He says he likes testing and accountability, so he should appreciate this. It’s easy, just print out this page and give him a grade from A to F for each section while you watch his speech. When you’re done, share his test results with him by just dropping it in the mail to the White House (address at the bottom).

Preparing for the State of the Union,

Andrew Greenblatt
Head Geek, TrueMajority.org

P.S. For a nicer printout you can get a PDF version here:
http://action.truemajority.org/ctt.asp?u=399787&l=272