The State of the Union is...(depends who you ask)

Ready for tomorrow's State of the Union Address? If you can't stand listening to President Bush pontificate, hold your nose and watch it anyway. You've got to understand the arguments he's making to know how to make your own.

And don't sit back, when you can get involved. Two ideas:

1. ThereIsNoCrisis.com is organizing house parties -- sign up here -- to help Democrats counter Bush's misstatements and scare tactics on Social Security.

2. When Bush goes on his post-SOTU campaign to push his agenda, moveOn.org wants to run Social Security ads -- see them and help get them on the air here.

A preview from Congress Daily:

"President Bush will provide some new details about his plans for changing Social Security, particularly with respect to the private accounts he wants to incorporate into the system, but will not provide a full account of his ideas in deference to Congress, a senior administration official said today.

"The official, who briefed reporters at the White House this afternoon, did not rule out the president providing further details on Social Security in the future, saying that Bush would provide more ideas if he believes it can move his Social Security effort forward.

"The official was mostly mum on the information Bush will provide, though he said the president will talk about how the private accounts would be set up, will make the case for why Social Security needs to be changed this year and will reassure Congress he is going to take the leadership role in the debate. 'There will be no doubt, I believe, in people's minds by the end of this speech that President Bush is willing to offer the political leadership necessary to get this issue done,' the official said."