Will’s Take: Obama’s State of the Union ‘Curiously Dissonant’

The major themes of President Obama’s State of the Union contradicted themselves, says George Will. On one hand, the president called for a more amiable relationship between Congress and the White House; on the other, he already vowed to veto a number of GOP efforts.

“I think the president gave a curiously dissonant speech in saying, ‘I’m going to be congenial, we’re all going to get along. . . and I’m going to veto any important thing that you send to me,’” Will said on Fox News shortly after the president’s address.

As for the Republican response to the speech, Will proclaimed “a semi-star was born” in Iowa senator Joni Ernst. “She passed a test that others have failed,” he said, “in doing so, she helped put a fresh face on the Republican party.”