The media did not find anything of substance in either Laura's speech or the kids. I did.
I think the general public should have gotten the picture that GWB puts his pants on one leg at a time and is human. That he has raised kids and agonized over major policy decisions that he knew had consequences, as opposed to doing nothing at all which had become the norm.
The "duck and cover" desk comments moved me. I think the speech worked. The media neglects the bad perceptions created by themselves over the last four years that infer Bush is aloof and structured.
Karen Hughes, who I believe wrote all of this material, tried to crack that false persona that leftists and to some degree all media has created.
I think it worked quite well. IMO
I Agree
Bill Kristol is a jerk.