When Will Obama Deliver His State of the Union Address?

There was a short article in this morning's paper describing the process by which the Senate and House Health Care Reform Bills will be reconciled. What I found interesting is that the time line for the process suggested a completion date sometime in February. Previous reports had suggested a Reform Bill had to be on President Obama's desk before January 19th so he could sign it in time for his State of the Union Address. I had the date circled on my calendar!

Apparently there is no requirement that the SOTUA must occur in January; in fact, in the first year of a new President's term, it usually doesn't happen until February. Nevertheless, previous reports had indicated a January 19th target date for Health Reform legislation to be done. This followed earlier reports that it would be done by Christmas. Or Thanksgiving. Or, Labor Day.

It's actually pretty sad. About 75% of what is in both the House and Senate Bills is acceptable to liberals and conservatives alike. A Bill could have been passed months ago.