SOTU IV

We appear to be edging into the domestic security portion of the speech now. He asks for reauthorization of the Patriot Act. Silent Dems, minority Dems. W claims constitutional authoritiy on wiretaps. "If there are people on our country talking to Al Qaeda we want to know about it because we won't sit back and wait to be hit again." It is an unanswerable argument. Prepare for dithering in the Democratic response.
(By the way, how galling it must be for the likes of Maria Cantwell to stand and applaud a person and policies for which she has no sympathy. Dr. Potomac wonders whether they all go get drunk after its over.)