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2004-01-21 4:57 PM Sullivan's Reaction to the SOTU Previous Entry :: Next Entry Read/Post Comments (8) Andrew Sullivan also found the foreign policy aspects of the President's State of the Union address the better parts, while disliking most of his domestic social commentary. And he made this notable observation as well:
He's right. It was a very backward-looking speech. I hadn't really noticed that aspect of it. But I had noted this:
Exactly. I had mentioned this to a friend today, that he seemed to really be appealing to the hardcore Right, while I would have expected him to shift to the center going into an election year. His base is going to vote for him damn near no matter what he does. But people who think like me, but are in swing states where their vote really matters, could be pissed off enough to either stay home or even roll the dice on national security with a Democrat. Sullivan is right...the speech overall, it's lack of vision and it's push to the Right, was politically dumb. Read/Post Comments (8) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top |
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