9:16 – So, what did you think about this speech? Did Obama find the America's G spot? Did he make fireworks go off inside its head? Or was America really just thinking about the left over Lamb Korma in the fridge?

9:15 – Welp, that was that. Obama's speech seemed like a good speech. It's a shame that we don't have a system of government in which good speeches will make crazy people stop talking loudly. Oh, well.

Oh, and my dad's friend. I guess his speech was okay, too. It was short. I like short.

9:11 – That was it? It's over? He didn't even give me a chance to start paying attention whatever he was saying.

9:10 – Oh! I know what's going on. This is one of those Jeff Dunham puppets!

9:09 – Very smart of the GOP try to match Obama's level of energy. This guy is on fire.

9:08 – Ugh. Who turned on the informercial show?

9:06 – Charles Boustany is talking now. Who's this guy again? He knows my dad, right?

9:05 – CNN is saying that some Republicans were waving things around during the speech. Apparently, they thought they were at the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

9:04 – What? Josef Stalin didn't get a shout out? What gives?

9:03 – From the comments: "His head seems to have grown by one tenth of one percent in the past half hour." – meredithQ

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You are cordially invited to join the Indecision blog tonight at 8 pm (EDT) as we spend the evening liveblogging President Obama's health care address to the joint sessions of Congress and anybody in the country who feels like taking the time away from their busy schedules of brawling and finger-eating to listen.

Here we are. One hundred days after yes we did and we're still yes we doing things. President Barack Obama is about to speak to the nation, filling us with the hopey goodness we've all been starving for in this increasingly trying times. In case you are one of those people who don't own a TV (i.e. liars), the speech will be streaming live here. Watch it with me!

9:14 – Wow that was a fun educational historic ENCHANTING night. Thank you so much for spending it with me. Oh, just for those of watching CNN, Obama just got a B+ on his speech. I guess his parents aren't talking him out to ice cream this week. If he doesn't watch it he is not going to get to keep that puppy. Good night!

9:12 – Bradley Dawson said in the comments, "[Obama] also does 'mkay like the school counselor on South Park. I'm just Sayin' does he have to do those pauses that way? Look it, I'm a supporter, a left of left. But it is just annoying, but funny too."

9:05 – A few minutes ago, I didn't think things could get more boring than that Q&A. CNN is proving me wrong.

9:02 – I give CNN's grading system an F, for fucking dumb.

9:00 – Obama kind of just up and quit the Q&A. He was speaking one second and the next he was like, bye, gonna watch Lie To Me on my DVR.

8:59 – Andrew Sullivan just said, "I'm beginning to regret watching this terribly dull and unnecessary pseudo-event." My internet was kind of wonky for a minute there. I think this speech made it fall asleep.

8:58 – Just because the Japanese could build a hybrid doesn't mean we can to. We still haven't figured out how to build an Astroboy.

8:53 – Talking Points Memo said, "How many Hundred Dayses are there in a presidency?" We just did the math; 4×365/ 100 = 14.6. You're welcome.

8:50 – Obama's real moment of feeling enchanted during his presidency was catching this on cable.

8:47 – Wonkette's liveblog just said, "'Enchanted.' Everyone is laughing because of how gay that is." And he talked about the military for that part. Is he planning to abolish don't ask, don't tell?

8:45 - John McCain really loves being mentioned in this speech. It basically makes up for that whole not being president thing.

8:41 – Darcy just said, "Enchanted? Being president is like being a Disney princess."

8:37 – So we just went from an abortion question to the softest of soft balls ever lobbed in the history of soft balls. "How has the presidency been great for you?"

8:35 – Obama doesn't have crystal balls. He has balls of flesh and whatever else balls are made of (semen?).

8:34 – Translation: "They picked me, bitches. Get over it and stop being big babies."

8:31 - Obama reaching out to his republican friends has been genuine. The fact that he has republican friends, not as genuine.

8:30 – Arlen Specter's party affiliation isn't the only thing that's huge about him. I'm not talking about his penis. I'm talking about his opportunism. It's huuuuuge.

8:27 - Lifetime Channel is having a Golden Girls marathon. Just thought I'd let the world know.

8:24 – Chuck Todd is moving to Pakistan? Okay, see ya later!

8:23 – Lets discuss how putting a human being on a board, tying them down, and POURING WATER ON THEIR FACE SO THEY ALMOST DROWN is torture for a few more minutes. Please reporters, keep asking this question because this isn't obviously completely and totally torture.

8:20 – Darcy just said, "aw, snap! he pwned churchill!"

8:17 – Wow, he's making up for a short speech with really long answers. Just because its the 100 day speech doesn't mean it has to last 100 days.

8:14 – Obama wants to get the US out of the auto industry as soon as possible. Is he plugging a future going out of business sale?

8:12 – CNN just asked, "should we close our border with Mexico?" in their bottom thirds text. Yeah, we'll  get right on that right after we stop getting cheap lead toys from China.

8:10 – According to Obama, I should treat swine flu like I treat other flu outbreaks. Okay, so I should call in sick to work and then go see 17 Again. Got it.

8:08 - He had 100 days to write this. What was he doing? Trying to president?

8:07 – Was that it? That was his big 100 days celebration speech? He didn't say hope or change once.

8:06 – We haven't built our economy on a pile of sand. We built it on a pile of invisible, imaginary sand. Real sand is much too valuable and tangible. Get it right, Obama!

8:03 - Called it! Knew he was gonna talk about swine flu. It's nice to see an established performer opening with some new material.

8:00 – It's starting now! I hope he talks about swine flu, because I haven't heard enough on that yet.

7:55 – Watching cable news waiting for the speech, my mind began to wander thinking about the complicated subject of torture. I don't mean waterboarding. I mean watching cable news.

You know when your favorite band tries to evolve and tackle other projects, refusing to just play Surrender at their concert like they did back when they toured Detroit and you lost your virginity?

Well, for the past few months President Obama's been embarking on this boring project (running our nation) and hasn't given us one of his kickass speeches about "we being the ones we've been waiting for" or whatever.

But now he's back, for one night only, and all the major networks, except Fox (when you add explosions or fart sounds to your speech, they'll pick up your phone calls, Mr. President), are airing his speechstravaganza, and I'm going to liveblog it!

That's right. As Obama speechifies about the economy and his big fancy-pants milestone, I'm going to speak truth to power, commenting on how a crowd member's head looks weird, and guessing how many times I think Obama silently farted during his speech. You know, important stuff.

Obama's speech as well as the liveblog starts at 8:00pm/7:00c. Please be there. I'm pretty certain that if people don't constantly read my thoughts, I will cease to exist.

UPDATE: I'm liveblogging here!

10:19 – We're liveblogging Bobby Jindal's over here.

10:09 – I wanted to see Obama drop the microphone on the ground and walk out of the room with his hands above his head. I think that's what he should have done. He could have always come back for an encore or something.

10:07 – That other guy next to Michelle looks like something bad happened to him. I'm pretty curious to see when he gets called on. – Darcy Savit

10:05 – That little girl is the new Joe the Plumber! Somebody get her a country music contract! Ask her how to fix the economy!

10:04 – Wait, what? A $60 million bonus? I couldn't understand anything after that!

10:00 – Obama just said the U.S. doesn't torture. See! I knew he would turn out to be a liar!

9:59 – Obama likes the troops? But, but, but… He's a liberal! What gives?!

9:58 – Poor McCain. It's quite a work out he's getting tonight.

9:57 – A deficit of trust? I think it'll take more than eight years to make that back.

9:53 – Here's that top 2 percent tax stuff again. But what about all those poor rich plumbers out there?

9:52 – We have a responsibility to not pass on to our kids a debt we can't pay? Well, I think we just fucked that up.

9:50 – Teddy Kennedy got a standing O. That's like milking applause from an audience by naming the town you're playing in. Obama's just trying to see how many he can rack up at this point.

9:49 – So, if I quit school now, it makes me an enemy of the state?

9:47 – From the comments: "Wow, I really thought I'd be able to masturbate to this speech. I'm starting to think maaayyyybe I as wrong." – Paul Frank

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Update: Just wanted to remind everyone about the liveblog tonight. And also that you shouldn't forget to print out your bingo cards. And keep up with our liveblog on-the-go with Indecision Mobile: Text ELECTION to 44686 to get a link sent to your phone.

Today marks one month that Barack Obama has been President of the United States and, to hear the Republicans tell it, it's been a pretty miserable month…

A Disappointing Month: Obama’s first month has been marked by wasteful spending, failed bipartisanship, and questionable ethics.

And they clearly have nothing to gain from such a characterization. Lord knows, they've been striving for bipartisanship. So, should we maybe start with the impeachment proceedings already?

Well, maybe not. Sure, Obama's only got a scant 47 more months to go in this term, but maybe he can pull himself out of this nose dive.

Let's see what he has to say in the not-quite-official State of the Union Address he's got planned for Tuesday, February 24th at 9 pm.

I mean, what the hell, I'll be liveblogging something at that time anyway. I was probably gonna liveblog my bookshelf, but Obama's speech will probably be more interesting, don't you think?

So, if you want, come and join me right here, and we'll see what this miserable failure has to say.