In a phone call from the Capitol immediately after the State of the Union address last night, President Obama informs John Buchanan that his daughter Jessica, a kidnapped aid worker, was rescued by U.S. Special Operations Forces in Somalia earlier that evening.
Official White House photo by Pete Souza
@frankthorpNBC: Photo I took of President Barack Obama standing at the door of the House Chamber waiting to be introduced for SOTU address
“Great gif, or greatest gif?” - @SaraLang
via Daily Intel
“If he really wanted to wow this crowd, we’d be looking at a CGI reenactment of the Bin Laden killing right now.”
President Obama: Right now, Warren Buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary.
And look! There she is in the First Lady’s box.
“Obama Begins State Of The Union By Asking Congress To Imagine Newt Gingrich Standing Before Them”
Gabrielle Giffords is greeted in by her colleagues at the State of the Union address

This sucks! Someone told me this dude sings!
Obama Hugs Gabrielle Giffords At 2012 State Of The Union
Word cloud based on Obama’s prepared remarks for SOTU via @mpoppel
“This is like secular High Holy Days for political dorks.”
State of the Union Live Blogs
Besides the SOTU live blog we’re running, here are a few more to croll through. Pick your poison. Throw out others you’ll be reading in the comments or reply back and we’ll update this post. Happy viewing!
Hey! Also: GQ’s Ana Marie Cox will be liveblogging the speech right here.
