The consensus seems to be that it was not a good night for Bobby Jindal. But the award for the strangest response to the President's speech clearly goes to George Will: (HT HuffingtonPost)

Asked for a "final thought" on the president's speech last night, conservative columnist George WIll chose to focus on the fact that Obama was able to wrap his arms around another man, in friendship. "I don't know when men started to hug each other, but hug they do, and look at that," he said.

Huh?

Eduardo M. Peñalver is president of Seattle University. The views expressed in this piece are his own and do not represent the views of Seattle University.

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