National Journal published entire SOTU speech early

Cable news pundits talking beforehand about what they expect to hear in the State of the Union address have likely read it an hour before President Obama hits the podium.

The White House typically gives members of the media a copy of the prepared remarks shortly before the president begins to deliver them. But National Journal obtained a draft of the speech from a "Democratic insider" and published the entire thing online more than an hour-and-a-half ahead of schedule.

Political journalists immediately began linking to the speech and discussing its contents on Twitter. So just before 8 p.m., the White House released the entire speech—without embargo—to the media, thus allowing more time than usual to chew it over ahead of time.

Update: Obama is certainly aware the speech leaked early. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Obama it was a "good speech" as he made his way to the podium. "I don't need to deliver it now," Obama said. "Everybody saw it."