Bush looked relieved, and Pelosi looked like she was on drugs. Cheney seemed to be having trouble keeping awake, and Clinton looked ready to cry... again.
It's unfortunate that coverage of this speech can't allow a split-screen view of the Chamber... one on the President and another on the Congress. The break away views of the whole Chamber were too far out to really get an idea for who was applauding and who wasn't... but I thought it telling that Clinton did so little standing, while Obama did so much. I think I counted four times when Pelosi stood up, and Kennedy may have stayed on his ass the entire speech.
This was his most bi-partisan speech yet, with his only promise of a veto coming about raised taxes and increased numbers of ear-marks. That means he's ready to wrap it up, I think... he's glad this is his last one. He certainly laughed and joked more in this one than any other, didn't he?
His biggest mistake in my eyes? Not selling what his Administration has accomplished enough, and focusing too much on things that he WON'T accomplish before he is out-of-office. I see the reasoning, but this was a big chance for the man to shape his legacy... or to begin to, anyway. Why not take a hand in how history will view your Presidency ASAP? Reagan did... Clinton did... Bush should have.
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