The Right Side of the Blogosphere Reacts

I’m not the only one with an opinion on the State of the Union or who was live blogging it. Here’s the final thoughts of some big time (and not so big time) Bloggers:

LaShawn Barber:

OK. The speech is over. I’m bitterly disappointed with him for vague and empty platitudes about illegal immigration. He didn’t address the social costs of the illegal scourge, nor did he mention anything about the incident that happened at the border this week, nor offer anything concrete to his pro-enforcement base.

Captain’s Quarters

A strong finish to one of Bush’s better speeches. This speech seemed to emphasize a particular theme, of moving forward to engage the world rather than waiting for the world to engage us. That theme ran across all of his subjects, from terrorism to the economy to energy reform. He reminded people of the missionary concept of American exceptionalism, a Wilsonian note for a man who six years ago seemed to hew more towards his father on foreign policy.

Instapundit

SHORT REVIEW: Better than I expected, though that’s a function of my low expectations. State of the Union speeches are generally weak, and Bush is no star as a speaker. But the delivery was, for Bush, good, and the substance was mostly good, too, though the cloning-ban stuff didn’t thrill me. The Presidential Commission on entitlement reform was also very lame, though realistically it’s probably all he can do.

Conservative Blogger:

POTUS typically doesn’t get big points for style and delivery, partly because he’s just not an orator. I thought he did a great job with the speech tonight. There wasn’t a lot new in the speech, although the networks are saying it was confrontational.

Stop the ACLU;

Awesome stuff. I don’t think I’ll ever try to live blog again…that was very difficult.

Blogs for Bush:

Great speech ending. Great speech in all. About 50 minutes.

Weapons of Mass Discussion:

Gut reaction? Eh…not his best speech but a fairly good performance.

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