The unofficial ones were better than the soporific official response

Virginia governor Tim Kaine's Democratic response to the SOTU was not, as far as I can gather from reading around, very well-received. And it's not hard to see why. Even aside from his wandering eyebrow and the bizarre Colonial Grandma stylings of the background, he focused on the deadly boring themes of "good management" and "results." Zzzzzz ...

This was his devastating critique of Bush's conduct of the "war on terrorism":

Our commitment to winning the war on terrorism compels us to ask this question:  Are the President's policies the best way to win this war?

Woah, that's gonna leave a mark!

As for the energy stuff ... sigh. It seems that the Dems can hardly wait to hand this issue to the Republicans:

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