Steve Jobs in 2010 (February 4, 2010)

Can you name the three Democrats on the left?
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From left to right: Senator Chris Dodd from Connecticut, Senator Harry Reid from Nevada, and Governor David Paterson.

Senator Dodd was one of the Democratic senators who announced his retirement around New Year's Day, but the Democrats are actually happy he's gone because he was probably going to lose reelection anyway because of his "poor political standing," and they would rather replace him with a different Democrat.

Governor Paterson was discouraged by the White House from running for a real term as governor (after filling in for Eliot Spitzer after he resigned) because they determined he wasn't likely to keep the Democrats' hold on the New York governorship.

And Harry Reid? Well, he was already losing popularity before his thoughtless gaffe. It seems like Nevada and the rest of the United States are tired of grumpy ol' Mr. Wilson leading Senate Democrats. As my friend Bert van Uitert would say, he's a "hack."

Connecting the State of the Union speech and the iPad speech was obvious to a lot of people. Which do you think infused more hope into the nation?