The "legacy moments" in politics usually fall far short of their stated goals. At least that's the early reaction from the blogs at some of Washington's political publications.
NRO's Lopez may not like McCain, but she likes the parts Krauthammer tonight called the "McCain speech":
There's a lot of talk of "legacy" in regard to the State of the Union tonight, for obvious reasons. I'd like to think the war section is the legacy statement.
Townhall's Matt Lewis sounds disappointed by the tone:
Because this was President Bush's last SOTU, and that it comes on the heels of a bi-partisan economic agreement, the speech was understandably more conciliatory. He is, after all, in legacy-mode.
Nation editor Katrina Vanden Heuvel contrasts Bush's economic optimism:
The states of our union are weaker five years into war. That's why if Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison had been given the chance to give the Democratic Party reply to Bush's State of the Union, he'd lay out why the best economic stimulus package is to end the war in Iraq.
Washington Monthly's Kevin Drum is just happy it's all over:
So that was, what? About 55 minutes? It may have been dull, but at least it was short!
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