The Blogfather Glenn Reynolds thinks this was Bush’s best speech yet.
Captain Ed gives the speech a thumb’s up.
Hindrocket at Power Line liveblogged the speech as well:
On the whole, an excellent job. Bush came out swinging on the two key issues: Social Security and the benefits of the war in Iraq. As usual, the President is his own best spokesman. He made the Social Security case well, but punted, essentially, on the transition issue. For now, though, that’s probably the right approach. Sell people on the need for and desirability of change, then work with Congress on the details. And on Iraq, he was impassioned and effective. The embrace between the Iraqi activist and Mrs. Norwood was powerfully emotional and symbolic, summing up at once the sacrifice, the purpose and the progress of the Iraq war. And reminding us that the military is overwhelmingly behind this President.
Charles Krauthammer called the speech “pedestrian” on FNC a moment ago. For the domestic policy section, I’d tend to agree.
