SOTU snap review

A good speech...not great. The homeland security/war on terrorism part was on target, e.g. "we will not seek a permission slip." But the laundry list of programs got long and I was left to wonder whether the President of the United States needs to pronounce on steroids in professional sports.

I had on NBC and immediately after the speech, they gave John Kerry ten minutes to essentially rebut and denigrate the speech. What's up with that?!? Why not somebody impartial like Russert to comment? That was simply wrong.

The saving grace: the Democratic response (which is on as I type this) is a disaster. Nancy Pelosi flubbed her lines and seemed to have not heard Bush's speech. For example, how can she criticize the so-called "go it alone" approach after Bush rattled off 30+ countries helping the United States in Iraq? And Daschle is just sad....even when he's telling the truth, it seems like he's lying (or at least stretching). Unsurprisingly, every program in the country needs federal intervention and funding. Much more funding.

Extra: The Poliblogger feels the same way on the Kerry airtime and Robert Prather also agrees on the anemic Democratic response.