Before the SOTU, I couldn’t believe that Bush would get a bounce in the polls:
I simply can think of nothing the President could say that would change my mind about President Bush or this administration. Perhaps things will work out in the Middle East, and thirty years from now when I am nearing retirement, historians will have a glowing review of the Bush administration. Right now, though, from my perspective, this administration, regardless what happens in the next few years, will always be remembered as eight years of missed opportunities.
I am telling you this because it turns out to be one of those rare occasions I was right (h/t Andrew Sullivan):
Four organizations have now reported conventional national surveys since the State of the Union, and collectively they show little or no movement in the job rating of President George Bush. Once again, the annual address to Congress has produced no “bounce.”
Go check out the figures yourself. Hardly surprising- I think people pretty much have their mind made up about this administration. I sure have.
BTW- New category for posts like this titled “I Love Me,’ partially inspired by this and this.