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True to form

If these do not represent progress in America, of all places, then I don’t know what Romney means by “progress”.

But… I understand. I have no intention of standing between Obama and Romney and say if one is right or the other is wrong. I cannot do that. They know about their country much more that I do. Here I just want to point out that the whole thing is not unusual.

At all.

It’s not unusual at all for Obama, or any president, to make full use of the State of the Union address for political gain. Politicians being politicians, anyone will do that.

There’s nothing unusual, either, for Romney to seize the occasion to rip his Democratic opponent. Whether his criticisms are merited is not important. What’s important is that he seizes the occasion to criticize his opponent.

In other words, he’s doing what he’s supposed to do.

In that regard, Romney, too, is running true to form.

About the author:

Zhang Xin is Trainer at chinadaily.com.cn. He has been with China Daily since 1988, when he graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Write him at: zhangxin@chinadaily.com.cn, or raise a question for potential use in a future column.