How does Obama’s first year State of the Union Address compare to other recent Presidents? Below are word clouds, based on the number of times a word was mentioned in the speech, for the first-year SOTUs of Reagan through Obama.
Barack Obama (January 27, 2010)
George W. Bush (January 29, 2002)
![George_W_Bush_SOTU](http://d2ipgh48lxx565.cloudfront.net/wp-images/firstthoughts/uploads/2010/01/George_W_Bush_SOTU.gif)
Bill Clinton (January 25, 1994)
![Clinton_SOTU](http://d2ipgh48lxx565.cloudfront.net/wp-images/firstthoughts/uploads/2010/01/Clinton_SOTU.gif)
George H.W. Bush (January 31, 1990)
![George_HW_Bush_SOTU](http://d2ipgh48lxx565.cloudfront.net/wp-images/firstthoughts/uploads/2010/01/George_HW_Bush_SOTU.gif)
Ronald Reagan (January 26, 1982)
![Reagan_SOTU](http://d2ipgh48lxx565.cloudfront.net/wp-images/firstthoughts/uploads/2010/01/Reagan_SOTU1.gif)