In what some critics are calling the most radical tactic ever employed in a State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama risked alienating congressional Republicans last night by repeatedly using facts. Mr. Obama stirred controversy throughout the speech with his relentless references to facts, data, and things that have actually happened, all long considered the third rail of American politics. As the President made reference to tax rates and unemployment numbers, as well as sixteen separate mentions of Osama bin Laden, congressional Republicans blood began to boil. After the speech, a furious Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters, Its been a longstanding tradition in our politics not to use facts in a State of the Union address, a tradition the President chose to ignore in an outrageous way tonight. I wont stand for it, and the American people wont stand for it. We want to work with the President for the good of the American people, added House Speaker John Boehner. But hes going to have to take facts off the table. Thats a deal-breaker for us. The President did not mention any of his G.O.P. Presidential rivals by name in his speech, but at one point said that government should be leaner, a blatant jab at former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. 