Better question: how could any president not score an “aesthetic win” in the State of the Union circus? The entire imperial setting of the Roman-triumph process has been designed to exalt the executive at the expense of the legislature. Even the judicial branch gets humbled into the role of quiet obeisance in the SOTU process, as Barack Obama clearly demonstrated with his cheap-shot antics over Citizens United.Read More
Rerun chic: Did Biden score an “aesthetic win” at SOTU?
