Really?! You could only find praise on the social media? The Patch is, clearly, NOT "fair and balanced." Here's just one Tweet that you apparently missed:

DefeatObama ‏@DefeatObama12
Honeywell CEO just cited by Obama has blasted the Obama record on debt http://is.gd/GdUKtV

And, Obama, himself, in his speech chooses to ignore the MANY bills that have been passed by the U.S. House of Representative that would support the economy and allow the creation of jobs in the private sector. His pals, Harry Reid and, of course, A. Klobuchar refuse to consider these bills in the Senate. I guess they're too busy working on the federal budget. Oh, but wait ... I guess that's not it, as the Senate hasn't even bothered to pass a budget (as required by law) in OVER THREE YEARS!

Wow, showing your liberal bias there, Patch.com??

The tweets included are a fair representation of those that were made within a 50 kilometer radius of the zip code where the speech took place. I didn't see every tweet, but negative tweets were the exception, not the rule.

Personally, I agree that that probably doesn't represent how people feel about the speech or Obama. I think a lot of people got caught up in the excitement of having a sitting president visit, as would be the case even if Obama were a Republican. Look at the tweets above, and you'll see a lot of people wowed by the celebrity, not necessarily the policy.

I also suspect the people who opposed the speech were more likely to "sit out" on the tweeting. There wasn't much new in the speech that a critic wouldn't have already commented on.

But the story's goal wasn't to achieve a 1:1 balance between GOP and DFL comments. The goal was to give a fair representation of what comments looked like at one moment in time within a narrow geographic area (that, by the way, has a significant DFL presence). If I'd have done the same thing in my Texas hometown on Sept. 12, 2001, I bet I'd have seen an equally overwhelming response in favor of George W. Bush.

In fairness to the Patch I'm sure I'm not alone in saying I couldn't listen to this speech hence no comment.