Presidents are required to report on the state of the union . For a long time , reports were delivered in writing ; today there is a speech . Bob Greene : The president delivers his State of the Union address every year. , '' Obama said Tuesday night , and before he could even complete the sentence , he had to know that there were plenty of people who would automatically reject whatever words would follow and would not be shy about it . Twitter users were posting tens of thousands of messages a minute .
Presidents are required to report on the state of the union . For a long time , reports were delivered in writing ; today there is a speech . Bob Greene : The president delivers his State of the Union address every year. Twitter users were posting tens of thousands of messages a minute .