[CFC__VRWC]

I could have done without the laundry list of domestic initiatives.

All SOU speeches run through the "laundry list" - it's pretty much standard. I got the impression he was going through the motions on a lot of that stuff.

Besides, he HAS to know that the Rats will be shreiking that what he proposed isn't nearly enough, and as a result most of this stuff won't make it into law.

[William McKinley]

I know, and I do appreciate the political benefits of it. I still don't care for laundry list speeches.