Don't you have to do something worthwhile to be modest?
posted by
Clyde
6:02 AM
Bush plans modest final State of the Union speech
Beginning his final year in office with low approval ratings, a Democratic Congress and a nation fixated on choosing his successor, President Bush is preparing a State of the Union speech for Monday that will accentuate unfinished business and lay out modest goals.
In his radio address Saturday, Bush said he would use his speech to urge congressional action to stimulate the economy and to authorize a warrantless wiretapping program that provides legal immunity for telephone companies that cooperated with administration surveillance efforts before laws were changed.
White House Press Secretary Dana Perino said Bush's speech would be "focused on the future" rather than providing a review of the president's seven years in office and would "reflect the president's mind set that he is going to sprint to the finish."
But the central policy measures Bush plans to highlight, according to senior aides, are issues that have already run into major objections: extending the eavesdropping legislation; perpetuating the 2001 and '03 tax cuts, and renewing the 2002 overhaul of education programs encompassed in the No Child Left Behind law, among others.
(Link)
Permalink
::
0 comments
::
|
