The State Of The Union

I will attempt to live blog though I am a very slow typer and will shoot for the highpoints.
President Bush appears in very high spirits and opens by mentioning the passing of Corretta King , good move.
Isolationism and protectionism are not good.
The advance of freedom, this will set the tone for the rest of the speech, good theme.
Basically told CAIR to shove their request to not mention radical Islam by going after it early.
Nice salute to the Iraqi people.
We must keep our word and stand behind the military.
A gracious salute to a fallen marine's family.
Calls on Hamas to recognize Israel.
Liberty is the right and hope of all people.
Calls out Iran, the nations of the world must not allow Iran to gain Nuclear weapons, and speaks to the people of Iran as a friend.
The compassion of america abroad.
Defends the NSA surviellance in no uncertain terms, he is fired up tonight, good.
Let us work together to lead the world towards freedom.
4.6 mil new jobs more than the EU and Japan combined.
Great points on tax relief and economic policy.
Line item veto.YES
Good points on health care and insurance.
Good points on energy policy and education.

Short, to the point and powerful, In my opinion a very good speech and one of his best deliveries to date, he even pronounced nuclear correctly. Cspan did not pan in on individual members and their expressions during the speech and I would have loved to have seen Kennedy's when he welcomed Alito and Roberts to the bench. I thought the initiatives were bold and forward looking. My only sour grape was when speaking of entitlement programs, he seems to have forgotten the expensive boondoggle of the drug plan he rammed through Congress other than that I would give it an A instead he gets a B+.