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State of the Union preview -- Bush is going to rally us with themes



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On CNN, I've been hearing Elaine Quijano repeat over and over the White House talking point that Bush's speech tonight will be "thematic." Via Reuters, we learn that the President is going to try one more time to get us on his side. Themes and spin. He's got nothing else:

President George W. Bush will try in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday to rally skeptical Americans behind his latest Iraq plan and revive a domestic agenda resisted by the new Democratic-led Congress.

With polls showing him at the weakest point of his presidency, Bush was preparing to deliver his annual address to a nation increasingly opposed to the Iraq war and unsupportive of his drive to send in 21,500 more troops.

Bush will be in the uncomfortable position of addressing a Congress entirely controlled by Democrats for the first time since he took office, a stark reminder of how much the political landscape has shifted since November's elections.
Via John Aravosis, we'll be getting the perspective from the House and Senate Democrats on tonight's event. John is at a briefing in the Capitol right now. He just e-mailed this picture of Michigan's Debbie Stabenow who was the first speaker:


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