Watch Mitt Romney and Jimmy Fallon slow-jam-preview Obama's State of the Union

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There will be a lot of thoughtful previews and post-game analyses of President Obama's annual State of the Union address on Tuesday night. The president, in laying out his agenda for the year (and beyond), will reportedly tell Congress that if it doesn't act, he will accomplish what he can through executive action. The actions he proposes will be dutifully weighed on their merits and practicability.

None of these surely trenchant commentaries and explorations of the president's plans will have a sultry groove playing underneath, or a constructive critique from Obama's vanquished 2012 rival, Mitt Romney. Jimmy Fallon has that covered.

Coinciding with the weekend release on Netflix of the documentary Mitt, this slow-jamming the SOTU preview is one more step toward showing the relaxed, more human side of the former Massachusetts governor. There are a few near-awkward moments, but like all things Fallon, it never crosses the line into cringe territory. Watch above.

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