Last night, President Obama delivered his third State of the Union address, laying out a blueprint for an America built to last. He described his vision of an economy built on American manufacturing and American energy and called on us and leaders in Washington to help accomplish his mission.

Journalists, pundits, and politicians across the country applauded the President's address.

Politico called President Obama a "defender of middle-class Americans," while the Washington Post called him a "champion for middle-class families struggling to get by." The Detroit Free Press said, "Because he deliberately stayed away from a lot of political line-drawing, he delivered a clear message that never strayed far from the middle of the American mind-set." According to the Christian Science Monitor, President Obama "pitched the issue of fairness in terms of 'American values,' not Democratic or Republican."

Journalist Howard Fineman described the address as “one of Barack Obama’s best, substantively and politically.” and journalist Rick Klein said it "was among the most confident, optimistic speeches by an American politician since 9/11.” "Obama showed how to criticize while reaching higher,” journalist David Corn praised, while journalist Amy Walter hailed the President as “confident, committed and ready to defend his record."

David Gergen, a presidential adviser during the Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton administrations said of the President on CNN: "He showed Democrats that he's willing to fight." Rep. Tim Ryan called Obama's address the “best policy speech of his administration.”

Former Clinton adviser Paul Begala summed up the State of the Union nicely in a tweet: “So proud of our President tonight... Beautifully written, wonderfully delivered.”

If you missed the State of the Union or want to relive the experience, watch the full speech here.