Some people are writing President Bush’s State of the Union speech for him. Others are confidently predicting that, faced with falling approval ratings as a consequence of the situation in Iraq, he will attempt to change the subject to domestic issues.
Dean Esmay asks if anyone will be surprised by the speech.
I’ll be surprised if the speech is anything other than a long, semi-coherent wish list. That’s what the SotU has become these days.
As the playwright and theatrical producer David Belasco said “If you can’t put your idea on the back of your business card, you don’t have a clear idea.â€
The reason I can’t put my idea on the back of my business card is because of my lousy handwriting.