The President's Speech

I thought it was decent. There wasn't anything in it that made me go, "Wow! That's interesting!" but I wasn't cringing, either.

Most of the time, I'll admit, I was watching Grandma "Mimi" Pelosi for signs of that famous Democrat civility (chronicled here and here). For the most part, Pelosi was respectful, which is really what is required.

What's saddest is how Democrats couldn't support the idea of winning in Iraq with applause at that part of the President's speech. But I guess that's not surprising, given that we know nearly half of all Democrats who responded to this Fox News poll don't want America to win in Iraq.

Conservative commentary on the speech here, here, and here.

Liberal commentary on the speech here and here.