Larry King Live panel judgment: "Not a bullhorn moment."

[highplainsdem]

That opinion from two on the panel so far, anyway.

[Fridays Child]

1. Rita's audience registered skepticism.

Pretty words but...

[faithnotgreed]

2. who is on the panel

thanks for any details

[highplainsdem]

3. David Gergen and a Newsweek editor made those comments.

James Lee Witt on now.

Richard Shelby praised the speech at the start of the commentary.

[despairing optimist]

4. *'s tone was cold and mechanical, reading too fast and obviously nervous

Not a convincing, sincere, warm, moving performance at all. We need a healer, not a robot. Teleprompter must have been on high speed.

Maybe a chameleon really was climbing up his leg.

He dropped a hint: more owners than renters, ownership society again. Not a surprise. The master plan for the new New Orleans. Oh, if only Albert Speer were available as the master architect!

Worker recovery accounts: can't push them through on Social Security so might as well try this tack. Stir in entrepreneurship, rinse and repeat.

New Orleans redesigned by al-Bushda. Be very afraid.

No, not a bullhorn moment at all. Now Hastert is speaking fast. Beware of fast-talking Republicans bearing gifts. I don't think many will buy what they have to sell.

[blonndee]

6. He did sound nervous--breathing hard, gasping for air.

In other words, lying and trying desperately to cover his stupid, incompetent ass.

[despairing optimist]

11. Congressional Republicans are on now, equally nervous

Beware of fast-talking Republicans with carefully rehearsed comments. Such obvious sycophants spewing PR spin on command. I hope people aren't buying it.

[MichiganVote]

5. Day late, dollar short

[LSK]

7. Jay Carney just said it was the Federal Govt who did the damage

In addition to Katrina

Who is this guy?

[highplainsdem]

8. Time's Washington bureau chief thinks * "stopped the bleeding"

in the poll numbers.

[LSK]

9. now they are talking about how we can afford this

Newsweek guy said we are just going to finance the Chinese even more.

[highplainsdem]

10. Gergen: no accountability, no czar, no explanation of how to pay for this

[highplainsdem]

12. Newsweek editor predicted we'll "borrow our way out" of this,

that the govt won't make the tough decisions.

[despairing optimist]

13. If there are no lenders, there can be no borrowing

The rebuilding of the Gulf area can't be done without sacrifice in the here and now, meaning an increase in taxes and an elimination of the tax cuts for the superrich.

Is that the motive for "rebuilding," to finish off the beast once and for all by borrowing hundreds of billions of dollars on top of the hundreds of billions already borrowed for Iraq and not fully accounted for in the federal budget?

When does destroying the budget approach an impeachable offense?

[highplainsdem]

14. Haley Barbour looking worried and unhappy, obviously knows *'s

speech didn't go over very well.