Bush to give "one major speech per week for the next four weeks"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Unlike last year's focus on Social Security, an initiative that failed, Bush's emphasis will be more diffuse, with proposals aimed at taming health care costs, moving America away from its dependence on foreign energy sources, remaining competitive in the global economy, and getting the ballooning federal deficit under control.

Those four areas also are driving Bush's post-speech travel. The White House says Bush will give one major speech per week for the next four weeks and in each lay out one domestic initiative he introduces on Tuesday.

Bush travels Thursday to Maplewood, Minn., to talk about competitiveness agenda. He also is traveling this week to Nashville, Tenn., Albuquerque, N.M., and Dallas.

McClellan said the State of the Union address has now gone through about two dozen drafts. The president had what was likely be his final two practice sessions with the remarks Monday morning in the White House's Family Theater.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1151AP_State_of_Union.html

[Demeter]

1. Good! That Should Put His Numbers Into the Teens

The hallmark of insanity is repeatedly doing the sme thing and expecting different results.

Insanity in action: that's Dubya!

[Kahuna]

5. Yep. No way do Americans want to hear bush is going to meddle

with healthcare.

[TomInTib]

2. Well, at least we have SOMETHING to look forward to.

Ugh

[hatrack]

3. Well, that'll kill his domestic agenda

It's his foreign policy "ideas" that frighten me, though . . .

[Poiuyt]

4. His goal isn't to communicate, it's to dominate the media

As long as he's out there talking, the media will cover him. And that means they'll be gushing. Harry Reid and Howard Dean need to do something to counteract him.

[Blackthorn]

8. Exactly

And it give plenty of ammunition to the blubberheads.

[spanone]

6. Abramoff, Katrina, Iraq war, Wiretapping, CIA outting..he's a dancin' fool

he's dancin' for his political parties' life.

[frylock]

7. competitiveness agenda?!

uhhhhh.. I don't think I like the sound of that.