Bush's Trimmed Sails…
CNN's John King has just noted that Bush has "really trimmed his sails" (or something close to that), the prez's ambition's this time around are pretty small compared to the start of his presidency. No more serious Social Security reform, etc.
Was there a real theme to this speech? I'm not sure, though it's clear that foreign policy issues prevailed…
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Oh, boy...now the democratic response. Now we will hear about how timid this president in getting the government to solve our problems.