28 January 2008
State of the Union Reactions
Posted by Terrie Soberg under: General; Presidential Election 2008 .
President Bush just finished his final State of the Union speech. I found an unembargoed copy of the entire speech on the internet, so I was able to follow along and watch the audience at the same time. According to Brit Hume, there was a total of seventy rounds of applause from the audience. I find it fascinating to watch the reactions of the audience. Who will stand? Who will sit? What will their faces show? Hillary Clinton sat stone-faced each time I saw her and clapped for as short a time as possible. (She did, however, stay awake the entire time.) Nancy Pelosi stood many times, yet she spent much time looking down at her program. I am curious who choreographs the reactions. Who decides if a particular point is acceptable to the Left so that they know to all rise in support?
Frank Luntz questioned a focus group and reported his results on Fox News after President Bush’s speech. The people in the focus group hold a dial that they turn up or down in response to various points in the speech. Luntz found the the greatest division between Republicans and Democrats was when Bush said that we need to make the tax cuts permanent. The Republicans line went way up while the Democrats’ line went way down. We have such a divide on an issue to me that seems very clear. No wonder we can’t agree on the tough topics.
The purpose of our blog is to encourage people of all political leanings to work together for the betterment of our country. Bush addressed this himself when he said, ”Let us show them that Republicans and Democrats can compete for votes and cooperate for results at the same time.” I do not agree with everything President Bush said but I do support him as our president.
Tomorrow will be a telling day in Florida. Hillary is still using her underhanded tactics against Obama and John McCain presented his anti-Mitt Florida-version of an “October Surprise” in order to get Romney’s camp off-track. We have got to keep spreading the word that electing our nation’s President needs to be about the issues and not about personal attacks.
3 Comments so far...
Jesse Says:
28 January 2008 at 11:12 pm.
I didn’t like the part about the meeting between us, Mexico and Canada. But don’t get me started.
Jan W. Says:
28 January 2008 at 11:15 pm.
I was proud of the president. I am going to miss him. I don’t agree with the border thing but mostly he is good. I am also nervous about tomorrow.
The Realist Says:
28 January 2008 at 11:18 pm.
Glad you are all understanding about tomorrow. With the governor’s endorsement things don’t look good.
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