My live notes on President Obama's first address to Congress

Christopher Dodd's eyebrows are out of control

Michelle mouthing I love you to Obama: how cute are they!

Great start on his address! We will rebuild, we will recover. (Hope Wall Street is listening)

"Nobody messes with Joe" That Joe Biden sure has a Colgate smile

"We have lived through an era where we failed to look beyond the next payment, the next quarter, or the next election." "It’s not about helping banks – it’s about helping people." Obama is such a clear and magnificent orator--what a change from last year

McCain still looks smug

Energy! Health Care! Education! We're back to the priorities that really matter.

Basic research funding priorities!! $15B a year for new clean-energy technologies

"We can't afford to put health care reform on hold"

Electronic health records! Cure for cancer! I'm sure NCI is going crazy right now...

Nice! Every American will need to get a high school diploma, dropping out of high school "is not quitting on yourself it's quitting on your country" He's right though, failure to get a high school diploma closes many doors and is an almost guaranteed sentence to poverty, poor health, younger death...

"By 2020 the USA will have highest proportion of college graduates in the world"--let's do it!

I love Obama's message of volunteerism and national service. I also liked his tribute to Ted Kennedy "an american who has never stopped asking what he could do for his country"

It would be funny if Pelosi and Biden started playing chicken with Congress. Standing up? Oh no we're not, fooled ya

Seems like a few senators and representatives are on their BlackBerrys. What gives people? It's the POTUS speaking!

His budget will cut 2 trillion dollars over the next decade?! Savings: education programs that don't work (No Child??), no-bid conracts in Iraq (yes! in your face Cheney!), big agro businesses that don't need money, weapon systems we don't use, medicare fraud and abuse, ending tax breaks for corporations that shift jobs overseas. He will end tax breaks for wealthiest 2% of Americans (would be great if we could also do a better job identifying tax fraud in this bracket--seems like the only way for these people to get audited is to be nominated for a cabinet position!)

"We're suffering a deficit of trust"... Will report full costs of Iraq and Afghanistan! Yes!

So nice to hear someone who can fully enunciate the word terrrorist and doesn't say "nucular"

Yes! Expanded health care and benefits for veterans! Hopefully that includes mental health services

"Living our values doesn't make us weaker it makes us safer and stronger"

"The USA does not torture!" (cue to McCain)

Ty'Sheoma got me misty eyed. Would she have typed up that letter if anyone other than Obama had been elected President?

Thank YOU, Mr President!!

PS. Gov. Bobby Jindal talks like he's on Sesame Street... Actually it's more like Kenneth from 30 Rock... It is! It's exactly like Kenneth on 30 Rock!

PPS. Thought it was cute how the staffers and pages were going crazy trying to get a handshake

PPPS. Confirmed! Several members of Congress were using their BBerrys! However, they weren't playing tetris or checking email, they were twittering to their constituents on their impressions on the speech http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Members_of_Congress_who_Twitter