OK, a little hope for us in this article (Bush BAAAD!!)

[FormerRepublican]

"President Bush's State of the Union address on Tuesday night marks the opening of a midterm election year eagerly anticipated by Democrats and fraught with worries for Republicans, whose hopes in November may depend in large part on how successfully Bush can turn around his troubled presidency.

After his reelection victory in 2004, Bush often pointed out that he would never again be on a ballot as a candidate. But the coming year in many ways represents another national campaign for the president, aimed at preserving the gains his party has made in the past five years, as well as rehabilitating a reputation that has come under brutal assault from the opposition in recent months.

There is no doubt that Bush intends to run this campaign as forcefully as if he were on the ballot himself. He ended 2005, the worst year of his presidency, with an aggressive defense of his Iraq policies, and he has begun the new year with an uncompromising justification of his policy of warrantless domestic surveillance.

Tuesday's speech, with its massive prime-time audience, may be the most important forum Bush has all year to try to seize the initiative from the Democrats and frame the election season on his terms. But he will be standing in the House as a far less formidable politician than when he stood on the same podium a year ago. A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows Bush with a lower approval rating than any postwar president at the start of his sixth year in office -- with the exception of Richard M. Nixon, who was crippled by Watergate.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/28/AR2006012801086.html

Please, please, please let the Republicans lose big time in 2006!!!!

[Slit Skirt]

1. CNN already lowering expectations for Tuesday night

Candy Crowley said one of the reasons he might not do well is because Bush is a morning person and state of the union is late for him

[FormerRepublican]

2. So if the US has a catastrophic crisis in the middle of the night...

...forget any kind of Presidential action because Bush can't function. Thanks, Candy, I feel comforted by the knowledge we have an incompetent commander in chief who can't handle a crisis. That sounds like Bush.

I guess we better tell the terrorists and hurricanes not to interrupt Bush's beauty sleep.

:puke: :puke:

[CrazyOrangeCat]

3. pardon me while I barf . . .

:puke:

Is that unfreakingbelievable, or what?

Seems that if he has enuf energy to ride his bike for nearly two hours, he ought to be able to speechify. . .

jesuschristonapogostick

[Ilsa]

4. "Postwar"? Hardly. Patriotism at time of war is the only thing

propping him up over 40% approval and he knows it. There will be war until he leaves office or gets impeached and deposed.

Bush* shouldn't overreach with the SOTUA. I think he should stick with baseball initiatives and school uniforms.

[Lorien]

5. "Brutal assault"? Certainly not from the fawning MSM. n/t

[CrazyOrangeCat]

6. beautiful kitties! n/t

[Rose Siding]

7. "seize the initiative from the Democrats"?

If dems have the initiative, we sure didn't read about it in the Post.

[Lasher]

8. It might be fun to watch.

For one thing, I'm wondering if he'll have the guts to mention the Medicare prescription drug disaster. If he does, I'll bet Democrats laugh him off the stage.