Editorial: Doug Lamborn's state of disunion – The Denver Post<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWe were surprised and disappointed by the laconic press release that Colorado Rep. Doug Lamborn sent out Monday announcing that he "will not attend today\u001bs State of the Union Address" because "Congre…\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Beyond the other things that the editorial below notes in its criticism of Rep. Lamborn's grandstanding here, is that the SOTU address is the current evolution of a Constitutional mandate that the President report to the Congress on the state of the union. 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