I liked this State of the Union more than his others, it was combative and self-assured. It was good that he attached "radical Islam" by name. I thought he spent too much time on AIDS (bird flu is a much greater potential threat). Overall, I give it an A-.
Yes! Great move saying "radical Islam" instead of the narrower "militant Islam" or "terrorist Islam".
The best comparison you can make between both speeches was that you can easily almost all specific points and goals the President made, while the Dems response all I remember is "better way", "Virginia is the best governed state" and "something about an initiative with schools they're doing in Virginia which we should all copy"
I agree with you...I LOVED the combativeness...and when he would GIG the dems..