I was going to try and write something in depth about the President's speech, but I don't have to..go read about the Speech at Junkyard Blog.
"By his silence over the past few weeks, the President has largely left the field of rhetorical battle to his domestic enemies. Tonight he joined the fight, and acquitted himself well.Read the whole thing. Posted by Vox at May 25, 2004 11:59 AM | IraqThe gauntlet he laid down to his opponents is a simple question: What will you do that is different from what I have done and plan to do? By laying out a plan, he has marginalized the cut and run crowd who should never have been taken seriously anyway. He has forced his opponents to articulate something beyond "It's a failure!" And he has exposed the cruelty both of his political opponents and our nation's terrorist foes."