Last night, I attended a State of the Union viewing party at a bar in Chicago, coordinated by \u201cOrganizing for America,\u201d part of the DNC and President Obama\u2019s organizing and fundraising machine.\u00a0 All of the big screen TV\u2019s, 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.\u00a0 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\u2019s first year as President.\u00a0 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\u2019s first year as commander in chief.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 See for yourself in the video below.<\/p>\n