Still in a daze after working until 3am on the State of the Union.

I'll leave the analysis to others but for me it was a flat and uninspiring speech in an election year, lacking any clear focus or big ideas to energise voters.

The most bizarre sight of the evening, though, was seeing Dick Cheney arriving in Statuary Hall with a team of medics trooping along behind him carrying doctors' bags and medical equipment.

If the Veep unexpectedly keels over, there's no way he'll be waiting for hours on a trolley to see a doctor.

Meanwhile, it's becoming increasingly clear that Howard Dean yelped himself out of the race for the Democratic nomination with the now infamous Dean Scream.

In case you missed it, here it is in all its child-frightening horror:

The Dean Scream (.mp3)