Did Bush's speech change anybody's opinion? Did it sound sadly familiar? Yeah me too.

At times, Mr. Bush sounded almost as if he’d gotten the message of the 2006 elections. “Our citizens don’t much care which side of the aisle we sit on — as long as we are willing to cross that aisle when there is work to be done,” he said.

But we’ve heard that from Mr. Bush before. In early 2001, he promised to bring Americans together and instead embarked on his irresponsible tax cuts, a divisive right-wing social agenda and a neo-conservative foreign policy that tore up international treaties and alienated even America’s closest allies. In the wake of 9/11, Mr. Bush had a second chance to rally the nation — and the world — only to squander it on a pointless, catastrophic war in Iraq. Mr. Bush promised bipartisanship after his re-election in 2004, and again after Hurricane Katrina. Always, he failed to deliver. He did not even mention New Orleans last night.

The problem with this administration, well one of the many problems, is that they believe that if they can just choose the right words, if they can just push the proper buttons, they can satisfy the American people.

Nothing changes. They just rearrange the words to try and fool us. But I have to say that they are really not very good at it. I mean what was new about this speech?

I heard we are going to do something about energy dependence. I have heard that before.

I heard that we are going to get serious about winning the war in Iraq. I have heard that before.

I heard that we are going to so somethng about social security. I have heard too much of that before.

Do you know what part was new? "Thank you Madam Speaker", now that part was new indeed.