Liveblogging (the afterwords)

I didn't do it. But these guys sure did.

My own opinion? Eh. Republicans will fall overthemselves in praise, and Democrats will remain skeptical. I cheered when the Democrats voiced disapproval with Bush's Social Security rehtoric, and I missed the "big moment" that all the networks talked about.

I'll fill in more if I think of it.

*UPDATE* Okay, watching three straight Republican Senators hold up their ink-stained fingers on CSPAN has made me laugh. Way to trivialize things, fellows. Nice work.

And if you aren't watching C-SPAN, it's quite impressive. Democrats are railing on the speech, especially the Social Security parts. Republicans are waiving their "we're #1" fingers" and hoping for the best.

*UPDATED AGAIN* It seems that Republicans are championing the "specifics" of the Bush Social Security portion of the speech. I heard nothing specific there, really. I'll check the speech later on, but all he really did was read off a list of things we could do. And he supported none of them, saying simply they were on the table. Except tax hikes. So not everything.

*UPDATE* Surprise, surprise, Josh Marshall has more.

*UPDATE* Seniors over 55 are safe as far as Social Security goes. Wouldn't that imply that those of us under 55 aren't? That aside, I wonder how someone 54, or even 50 feels about that.

*MORE* It seems the media, from what I've seen, is focusing on the Iran/Syria/Saudi Arabia stuff from the speech. Which would mean the Social Security things were a lead balloon as far as coverage goes.

*MORE* From the Corner:

I just noticed the president kissed Joe Lieberman on his way out. I guess he is one of the last semi-reasonable Democrats in town....

I saw that too, and wondered how it went over with the anti-guy crowd. All part of the plan, I'm sure.

Apparently semi-reasonable really does mean kissing up to Bush.