Just some of the reactions:
Pejman Yousefzadeh at Red State: "The good news is that in this endeavor, the President will not succeed or fail based on the content or delivery of a single speech. Rather, his success depends on whether he will commit to repeated and sustained explanations regarding what is at stake in Iraq, along with the calls for public support that would naturally accompany such explanations."
BarbinMD at Daily KOS: "In the end, last night's speech was the same thing that George Bush has been saying for nearly four years."
From the Associated Press: "Winning support among Middle Eastern countries is part of President Bush's revised strategy for Iraq. But he pitched the new plan by leaving out a pertinent fact: Anti-U.S. rhetoric in those nations has grown increasingly hostile since the execution of a man Bush never mentioned — Saddam Hussein."
Hugh Hewitt said: "It was a good speech, and it sounds like a good strategy. The sacrifice it requires of the men and women in uniform will be high."
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