Forget the political pundits and look no further than Facebook, which captured instant reaction to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech tonight.

Users were posting their views on Facebook every few seconds almost as soon as the president took to the podium.

The opinions on Facebook varied wildly. Users commented on everything from the success or failures of President Obama, to the color of Speaker John Boehner’s tan and Vice President Joe Biden’s cold. We share some of the reaction at the end of this post.

The Congress on Facebook highlighted two members of Congress who asked for feedback on the speech from their constituents.

Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, and Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, both asked their Facebook supporters to share thoughts and comments on the State of the Union on their Facebook walls.

Doggett said he was “looking forward to attending” the speech, while Johnson asked what constituents were hoping to hear from Obama.

And the U.S. Politics on Facebook page featured remarks from the Republican presidential hopefuls, who weighed in before President Obama officially started his speech.

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels delivered the Republican response, and Facebook users were just as colorful in their comments.

The shuffling of the leaderboard in the Republican presidential primary race continues to affect the candidates’ popularity on Facebook.

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With President Barack Obama on a bus tour touting his jobs plan this week, Facebook will join a top Obama administration official tomorrow to discuss how a new partnership can help Americans get back to work.

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An enterprising politico has leveraged Facebook’s new “people talking about” metric for every Republican presidential candidate.

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After the flurry of changes launched by Facebook in recent weeks, the social networking site released a series of individual guides for celebrities, journalists, musicians, athletes, politicians and non profits, that will help these audiences get the most out of their Facebook pages.

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Facebook users like former Governor Mitt Romney more than President Barack Obama.

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Some of the most high-profile Facebook pages in U.S. government have recently had makeovers and nifty new features added. That must mean one thing: Election season approaches!
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Don’t think the Republican field of 2012 presidential candidates is finalized.  With a cover story in Newsweek, a movie release later this week and a provocative new note on Facebook, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin thinks she can still win it all.
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Facebook has hired Sarah Feinberg, a former special assistant to President Barack Obama, to join the company’s communications team in California.
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Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are taking to Facebook to make their communications with President Barack Obama, colleagues and regulatory agencies more transparent.
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