Our crack staff of TAC contributors will be providing all the blow-by-blow you need to know for tonight’s State of the Union address. Follow the following:

I read that the House GOP were meeting in Williamsburg and got excited. Then I thought about what that says about me.

— SamuelGoldman (@SWGoldman) January 16, 2013

I cannot think of a more self-defeating, self-marginalizing fiscal centerpiece for GOP right now than the balanced budget amendment.

— Scott Galupo (@ScottGalupo) February 9, 2013

The difference between ought and is, description and preference, is unintelligible to the neocon mind.

— Daniel McCarthy (@ToryAnarchist) January 31, 2013

Oddly enough, the people suffering from effects of cruel sanctions usually hold the people imposing the sanctions responsible for suffering

— Daniel Larison (@DanielLarison) February 8, 2013

You know, when I get the infamous “so are you a libertarian or conservative” question at bars, I honestly just prefer reactionary.

— Jordan (@j_arthur_bloom) February 8, 2013

Rubio has figured out that faction is stronger than principle. People want their party to succeed more than they want their “principles.”

— Michael B Dougherty (@michaelbd) January 30, 2013