It would have been a better speech...

[nyhuskyfan]

For a presidential challenger. Some vague plans for the next four years, some attacks on the opponent. What was missing was accomplishments from the last four years -- "We did this and this happened, etc.", other than the military victories (which have both been botched by very poor post-war planning, but that's another argument).

If you go back to Clinton's 1996 speech, you'll see an incumbent talking about a long laundry list of accomplishments and successes, and virtually ignoring the opponent. That's because he had accomplishments to run on. Bush doesn't.

[sundancekid]

1. when you can't talk your performance record, you make more hollow promises

who's buying that crapola, now, dumbya??? nobody, nada, zip, zilch ... we are soooooooooo unto you ... voter revolt is coming in 60 days ...

[Old and In the Way]

2. Good point.

They've made a mess of everything and the agenda appears to be 4 more years of the same. Lots of symbolic language, cute phrases, and bashing Dems....but precious little to show what they've accomplished. Oh, they've accomplished a lot, just nothing in the national interest.