http://www.flashpointblog.com/2007/01/23/the-state-of-disunion/ Politics. Alabama Style. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:57:10 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.flashpointblog.com/2007/01/23/the-state-of-disunion/comment-page-1/#comment-387 The Moderate Voice » Blog Archive » Bush’s Pleads For More Time On Iraq In Less Partisan Speech Wed, 24 Jan 2007 05:45:30 +0000 http://www.flashpointblog.com/2007/01/23/the-state-of-disunion/#comment-387 [...] –Ezra Klein:”He’s weak, and you sense he knows it. The speech hit the notes it needed to and no more. It was, this time, a formality, a book report bound and delivered to Congress, just as the assignment called for. He sought checkmarks for attendance and completion, and went home.” –The Jawa Report:”One of Bush’s better speeches. Which means the content was good, the delivery a bit lacking as usual…So do you think Nancy and Dick will become best friends after sharing that pack butterrum of Lifesavers during the speech? Hey, anything is possible.” –Powerline’s John Hinderaker:”I thought President Bush was back on his game tonight. The speech was a reminder that it’s a good thing to be President. When he offered a sentence about Iraq that ended with the word “victory,” the Democrats had no alternative but to stand up and cheer. Apart from the ceremonial trappings, there was a good reason why so many Senators and Congressmen had to voice their approval: the President’s logic was compelling. The importance of Iraq; the disastrous consequences of failure; the grave long-term stakes in the Global War on Terror; and the need to give our new strategy a chance to succeed, are all hard to dissent from.” –An interesting summary from No More Mister Nice Blog.. –Flashpoint:”I ’ll give Bush a C+ for his State of the Union speech tonight, which is a fairly high mark for him these days. I consider the bulk of the domestic agenda he laid out to be pure rubbish. Fortunately very few of Bush’s SOTU proposals ever see the light of day.” [...] [...] –Ezra Klein:”He’s weak, and you sense he knows it. The speech hit the notes it needed to and no more. It was, this time, a formality, a book report bound and delivered to Congress, just as the assignment called for. He sought checkmarks for attendance and completion, and went home.” –The Jawa Report:”One of Bush’s better speeches. Which means the content was good, the delivery a bit lacking as usual…So do you think Nancy and Dick will become best friends after sharing that pack butterrum of Lifesavers during the speech? Hey, anything is possible.” –Powerline’s John Hinderaker:”I thought President Bush was back on his game tonight. The speech was a reminder that it’s a good thing to be President. When he offered a sentence about Iraq that ended with the word “victory,” the Democrats had no alternative but to stand up and cheer. Apart from the ceremonial trappings, there was a good reason why so many Senators and Congressmen had to voice their approval: the President’s logic was compelling. The importance of Iraq; the disastrous consequences of failure; the grave long-term stakes in the Global War on Terror; and the need to give our new strategy a chance to succeed, are all hard to dissent from.” –An interesting summary from No More Mister Nice Blog.. –Flashpoint:”I ’ll give Bush a C+ for his State of the Union speech tonight, which is a fairly high mark for him these days. I consider the bulk of the domestic agenda he laid out to be pure rubbish. Fortunately very few of Bush’s SOTU proposals ever see the light of day.” [...]

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