Perhaps President Obama should have updated the text of his State of the Union address before delivering it. One of his lines read: "no nation dares to attack us or our allies." Before speaking to a joint session of Congress Obama had learned that Iran had seized and was holding two U.S. Navy boats and their crews.

Republican candidates for president, as expected, were critical of President Obama's final State of the Union speech. Donald Trump called it "boring, rambling and non-substantive." Rand Paul offered some advice that Obama obviously didn't take. He said "the best thing he could do would be to leave office early."

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe might have put his finger on one of Hillary Clinton's most outstanding qualities . In a statement of support, McAuliffe said, "No one's tougher. No one's smarter. And, from personal experience, no one's more fun to throw back a cocktail with."