I disagree, Kathryn. A nice solid speech–not as inspiring as the one four years ago, but a State of the Union-ish speech may make sense now on one of two theories: 1) The first SOTU flopped; 2) If politics moves faster and people pay attention less, this might be the best time to unveil new policies. I think he makes the case for Iraq better than anyone except McCain has here. More later; for now I’ll enjoy watching the speech with my pals at CNN fn. P.S. Most conservatives will be happy with almost all of the speech.