SOTU: I don't think I have to agree with all of Bush's proposals to say: great speech. And I don't. And it was. Sure, there was plenty of micropolicy crap. Sure, the gay marriage thing, to my ears, was totally unworthy of this speech. But so what. Kudos to the president on this one.

Best use of SOTU guests ever, by the way. As Jarvis says here, "Who could not be touched by the mother of a son killed fighting for freedom hug[ging] the daughter of a man who died for freedom in Iraq." Or, as Steve says here, "If you're not tearing up a little right now, you're not watching. Again, words fail." Roger Simon has more, too.

More tomorrow.