At the Santa Rosa Democratic Club meeting on 1/27/10, we watched Obama’s State of the Union address, then listened to Norman Solomon and George Lakoff speak their minds.  Following the presentations, I asked Solomon and Lakoff to present a concise statement of what they had to say to the audience of over 200 Northern California progressives. Here is a sample of Lakoff's discussions with folks and his statement as to what we should be doing to help straighten out the political mess that California is in presently.