For the first time in history, the House Sergeant of Arms will announce, "Madam Speaker, the President of the United States," tonight at the State of the Union. I haven't seen anyone make that point yet and I wanted to get in first.
As President Bush goes into the SOTU, his presidency is trouble. Only 28% approve of Bush's handling of his job, a new low in the CBS News poll tracking his approval. His big 'troop surge' idea isn't all that popular either -- 66% oppose it .
Not surprisingly, Bush is expected to focus on domestic concerns in his address. Mostly because Iraq is such a mess and he really doesn't have any idea as to what to do. When nothing you do is popular, the only thing to talk about is all the stuff you want to do. What's past is past, let's look forward to the future.
Among the things he's expected to address is global warming. So far, Bush's environmental record has been awful. The problem with Bush is his belief that if there isn't a military solution to a problem, there's a market-based one. Thinking back, I sometimes wonder if he doesn't regret taking a market-based approach to Iraq -- how much do you think it would've taken to get Saddam to sell us Iraq? In purely monetary terms, it probably would've been cheaper...
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
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