Well, the gang of 500 reviews are in, and consensus is, the speech pretty much sucked, even for Bush.

Not only that, but even Faux News gave it a thumbs down!

From a Washington Post article today:

"Over on the Fox News Channel, Fred Barnes, sounding as if he had walking pneumonia, allowed as how he'd heard George W. Bush deliver many an important and eloquent speech over the years, "and this was not one of them." It takes courage to say something like that on the Fox News Channel, normally a Bush cheering section."

Can't wait to see the Dems take this administration down! It will be so validating.

There was some very noticeable applause when Bush said parts of the Patriot Act would expire next year...before he asked that they be renewed!