The WaPo Scares Me

[elfs]

From the Washington Post, Jan 28, 2008:

For years, President Bush and his advisers expressed frustration that the White House received little credit for the nation's strong economic performance because of public discontent about the Iraq war. Today, the president is getting little credit for improved security in Iraq, as the public increasingly focuses on a struggling U.S. economy.

That is the problem Bush faces as he prepares to deliver his seventh and probably final State of the Union address tonight.

"Probably final?" "Probably final?" Is the WaPo joining with the National Review in wondering if the only thing that can preserve the WaPo way of life is a coup?. Maybe they've been reading Philip Atkinson's Conquering The Drawbacks of Democracy again.

Comments

[blaisepascal]

The only requirement is "He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union...". As Toby Ziegler pointed out on the TV show "West Wing", he could fulfill that Constitutional duty by buying Congress a subscription to the New York Times.

There's no requirement that it be annual, no requirement for it to be on or about the anniversary of his inauguration. No requirement for it to be a speech, even. Washington sent papers, not speeches.