John LeBoutillier liked half of it:
"Last night's speech by the President was actually two speeches melded into one: A) A State of the Union type laundry list of new initiatives; and B) a rousing and patriotic political speech to end the convention.The laundry list was a bit too long and included too many new ideas to expand the role of the federal government. That old 'compassionate conservatism' was back; I wish it wasn't. When the GOP thinks the Federal Government can help people, we have already lost.
"The patriotic speech was excellent and invoked the selfless heroism of our troops overseas.The result of this speech and the four-day Republican National Convention? A two-point lead for Bush/Cheney in the new Zogby poll: 46%-44% with 9% undecided."
