While pundits applauded the ‘disciplined’ address to Congress, lacking was any straight talk on political measures.
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Political analyst Jason Johnson gives you three simple rules for being a good poll watcher of American elections.
With no strong challengers this time around, things are looking up for Clinton.
Celebrations and commemorations always have a sense of telling only half the story.
![Crowds of people walk toward Selma after taking a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma [AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/9de7041b84104a5eb07a30cd574617c5_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Police violence is a white American problem, not a black one.
![The white American majority must take some responsibility, writes Johnson [Getty Images]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014124924129621_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The US government has failed its citizens in Ferguson.
![Police guard the Ferguson police department as rioting erupts [Getty Images]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/20141125103741646734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
A Republican-controlled Senate will force Obama to get tougher on Iran and Russia.
![The Republican Party has won control over the US Senate [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/201411591254461734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Despite being the most powerful man in the country Obama’s legal options in Ferguson are limited.
![The image of a peaceful American heartland devoid of racism has been put to rest, writes Johnson [Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014823112455331734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Neglecting a pragmatic approach to the US political system may rouse a crowd, but renders ‘outsiders’ irrelevant.
If the third debate freezes the campaign at this date, Obama might just have won the US election.
