Last night, I attended a State of the Union viewing party at a bar in Chicago, coordinated by “Organizing for America,” part of the DNC and President Obama’s organizing and fundraising machine. All of the big screen TV’s, that on a normal night would have a Cubs or Bulls game on, were all tuned into the big speech, and people were watching intently. There were a few dozen people in attendance, and I asked a bunch of them for their reaction on both the State of the Union address, and also on Obama’s first year as President. Even though the bar was full of enthusiastic clapping and cheering throughout the speech- especially after a few drinks- roughly half the people I surveyed were not impressed by President Obama’s first year as commander in chief. It was very surprising to see such a divided reaction to the President/hometown hero, especially since many Chicagoans have been following Obama since long before he was a national figure. See for yourself in the video below.