If she was dead don't you think Trump would be all over exposing it and he has been silent on the whole deal, I thought she was on life support to be honest, but I am leaning towards this if she is at the SOTU it will squash everything, if she is not Trump has to make a move on replacing her. Also If she is not going to show up Pelosi would have delayed the SOTU, I thought that this is why Pelosi was pulling her antics.