Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Posted by:
Kevin McCullough
at
12:05 AM
SOTU?
So how would you grade
the President's performance in his final State of the Union? MKH called it boring. Fred Barnes said it was not one of his most memorable. Both could possibly be true...
But I will say this. For his final chance, for the challenges we face, and for the future of our nation, I think the President took a hard swing at those who oppose the most important agendas for the nation.
He threatened three vetoes in the first few minutes. He identified earmark abuse and threw the line down in the sand. He decried the further use of any additional embryonic stem cells. And he documented for all that missed it - the proven success of the new strategy in Iraq. He hit the majority party hard on taxes and put firmly into the minds of all watching WHO delivered tax reductions, and who will be left holding the bag if the reductions aren't made permanent and in 2010 we all get a bill from the federal government that demands on average $1800 out of our pockets...
And while the pundits all yawned through it... bottom line was the Frank Luntz focus group on FoxNews had only 5 people who supported Bush going into the evening, but nearly 100% of those in the room thought the speech was powerful. And the biggest home run - to END wasteful spending... Biggest home run for GOP voters? MAKING TAX RELIEF permanent!
The SAME TAX CUTS THAT JOHN McCAIN opposed...