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7:56 Overheard on the podium mic: Pelosi whispering to Cheney: “That’s ridiculous!” What’s ridiculous, Nance?

7:57 SCOTUS enters, wearing their robes as usual.

7:58 Pelosi, wearing a lavender pantsuit, is rather chatty tonight: “That’s pretty dramatic isn’t it, to see the justices?”

7:59 First Lady enters unannounced, but to applause.

8:00 Apparently, there are cameras on boom poles in the chamber now. This feels like an MTV concert or something.

8:00 The White House cabinet enters, and the receiving line changes from greetings and back-slaps to introductions and “wait, what state are you from agains?”

8:02 Spotted: Secretary Chertoff, looking like his skeletonly self as usual.

8:05 Madam Speaker: The President of the United States. Bush is wearing a blue tie tonight. Rep Jean Schmidt gets his autograph.

8:07One female African American Rep (was it Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, Chair of the CBC?) greets Bush by saying “My brother, how are ya?”

8:10 The speech begins.

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