From a reader:

Mr. Robinson:
As that rare entity, the Republican Jewish New Yorker, I have to agree with you. I thought W gave a great speech. “Whatever you voted for, you did not vote for failure” was indeed superb. With the Democrats (including, visibly, the Speaker) actually refusing to applaud calls for success in Iraq, the president thus pointed out the stark differences between the Congressional majority and (one would hope) the majority of American [voter]s.
Ditto for call for not increasing taxes.
Ditto for his graciousness compared with Webb’s bitterness.
Quite Reaganesque, in highlighting what one would hope are the differences between “ordinary” Americans and their Congresspeople.