Name:   Buteye - Subject:   Piglosi and the SOTU Date:   1/17/2019 1:14:05 PM

Basically, I agree with your summation. However, I do believe there is a connection between the "state of the union" and the "shutdown". At the moment, with the results of the recent mid-term elections, the border wall crisis, the shutdown, the Supreme Court appointment, the upcoming Attorney General appointment, the breakdown in the trust of the FBI, and many other similar concerns, our Country is being "divided" in such a way that, in my mind, has a diredt bearing on the "state of the union".