Bush addresses the nation at 9 Eastern

You have to love Paula Zahn. She's talking about Bush's speech a few minutes ago, then says in a very skeptical voice, something to the effect of "Come on, Suzanne, does the White House really think one speech is going to change everybody's mind about the president?" Zing!

Having said that, speeches can help. The problem for Bush is that he's tried the speech route - oh, I think four times now in the past few months. And it doesn't help. People don't watch. People don't care. They've got his number and no speech - which, let's face it, isn't exactly Bush's strong suit - is going to help.

My only question is this: Will Bush tear up during his speech? And even if he does, will it help or hurt? Not sure bubba wants to see a crying president.