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Debating the State of the Union

Slate Editor David Plotz and Daily Caller Editor Tucker Carlson previewed Obama's speech. Read the transcript.

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Updated Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, at 5:23 PM ET

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Slate Editor David Plotz and Daily Caller Editor Tucker Carlson chatted live about the upcoming State of the Union speech—Should Obama get angry? Is he too ambitious or not enough—the iPad announcement, and State of the Union drinking games. Read the transcript in the box below.

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David Plotz is the Editor of Slate. He's the author of The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank and Good Book. He appears on Slate's Political Gabfest.