[Kevin Curry]

To sum up:

The first half of his speech was the speech of a truly great president--a president to stand shoulder to shoulder with a Lincoln or a Reagan.

The second half of his speech was the speech of a flawed politician seeking to pander to powerful interest groups in echange for money, votes, and transient accolades.

But even at his worst, he outshown the Democrats--the party of bitter bile and increasing irrelevance.

[Monty22]

Good sum up.

[prairiebreeze]

Speak for yourself

[Jorge]

The second half of his speech was the speech of a flawed politician seeking to pander to powerful interest groups in echange for money, votes, and transient accolades.

I'm surprised that Bush would stoop to politics. Shocked!

[GRRRRR]

Gosh...I don't know what to say...

[kingu]

Have to agree on all points.. The second half had a lot of pandering, but the first half was a home run.

I'm generally pleased, but I would really, really be leaning on Drier to make sure some of the more, umm, less conservative things get squashed.

[NYC Republican]

To sum up: The first half of his speech was the speech of a truly great president--a president to stand shoulder to shoulder with a Lincoln or a Reagan. The second half of his speech was the speech of a flawed politician seeking to pander to powerful interest groups in echange for money, votes, and transient accolades. But even at his worst, he outshown the Democrats--the party of bitter bile and increasing irrelevance.

Excellent analysis!

[MJY1288]

Here is a quarter, go call someone who gives a rats arse how you sum up this SUTU speech. Your condescending remarks around here tonight can be summed up as something Howard Dean would be proud of.

[Petronski]

But even at his worst, he outshown the Democrats--the party of bitter bile and increasing irrelevance.

Agreed!

[rwfromkansas]

His stand on marriage was in the second half.