State of the Union

The dismal state of George W. Bush The dismal state of George W. Bush

In his last annual speech to Congress, the president used Osama bin Laden to justify Iraq, bravely denounced pork-barrel spending and waxed amnesiac about Iran.
By Walter Shapiro Jan 29, 2008

  • And now we must praise Tracey Ullman

    Because for too long, women haven't participated in the world of ugly comedy.
    By Eleanor Johnson March 31, 2008

  • What's Bush's Pell Grant proposal really about?

    Conservative observers suggest a proposal in his State of the Union address means a reemergence of school vouchers in disguise.
    By Alex Koppelman January 29, 2008

  • Congress steps on Bush's Darfur applause line

    The day after Bush got cheers for mentioning Darfur, members of his own party blasted him for neglecting the region. Does a new Congress mean new hope?
    By Michael Scherer January 25, 2007

  • State of the climate

    In Tuesday's speech, President Bush showed how unserious he is about global warming. Here's how Congress can put the heat on him and stave off approaching disaster.
    By Joseph J. Romm January 25, 2007

  • The Democratic response

    President Bush's State of the Union was nothing special, but the Democratic response was itself no barn-burner.
    By Alex Koppelman January 28, 2008

  • Bush's "return on success"

    In his State of the Union, the president said American troops are coming home from Iraq because of U.S. success there -- but once again, it's not true.
    By Alex Koppelman January 28, 2008

  • Quote of the speech

    Are you sure you want to use those examples, Mr. President?
    By Alex Koppelman January 28, 2008

  • What else we're reading

    Baristas in leg warmers, criticism for Baby Einstein Co., Durham prosecutor Mike Nifong in hot water again, and more.
    By Tracy Clark-Flory and Catherine Price January 24, 2007

  • Do you have to have balls to have balls?

    It's nice the talking heads have discovered Jim Webb, but why do they think Democrats have to be men to be courageous?
    By Joan Walsh January 24, 2007

  • A hint from Bush: Go long on lithium?

    Cagey commodity investors took notice when the president mentioned battery technology in his State of the Union address.
    By Andrew Leonard January 24, 2007

  • State of the Union 2007

    Fake address with fake response from fake Hillary Clinton and fake Barack Obama.
    By David Puner January 24, 2007

  • Two long years to go

    Despite his prattle about cutting the deficit, a grudging nod to global climate change, and yet another plea for backup on his Iraq plan, Bush's presidency entered its final phase on life support.
    By Walter Shapiro January 24, 2007

  • He built a hospital -- and he can dunk!

    Bush preferred talking about Dikembe Mutombo and Wesley Autrey to discussing the real state of the union.
    By Michael Scherer January 24, 2007

  • Advice to Bush: Break up Monsanto

    The president is planning to pump up ethanol, again, in his State of the Union speech. But where will all the corn come from?
    By Andrew Leonard January 23, 2007

  • State of indifference

    Unlike past presidents dealing with the consequences of war, Bush has walled himself off from the public and the Congress it elected.
    By Sidney Blumenthal January 23, 2007

  • Detroit wishes for an oil shock

    Sliding gas prices make General Motors skittish. How about some presidential leadership?
    By Andrew Leonard January 22, 2007

  • From bad to worse

    On the eve of the State of the Union, a new poll is nothing but grim for the president.
    By Tim Grieve January 22, 2007

  • Need a job? Get the president to visit

    Laid off energy workers get their jobs back just in time for a campaign stop by the commander in chief.
    By Tim Grieve February 21, 2006

  • Right-wingers turn against Bush

    The president's conservative base feels increasingly betrayed by his big-spending, big-government administration. Will it abandon him in 2006?
    By Michael Scherer February 9, 2006

  • The little man

    History will remember Bush as an incompetent and incurious man overwhelmed by a world too big for him.
    By Garrison Keillor February 8, 2006

  • Cindy Sheehan's controversial T-shirt

    Capitol Police issue an apology to the antiwar activist for arresting her at the State of the Union address.
    By Sarah Goldstein February 2, 2006

  • Bush administration: The president didn't mean what he said in SOTU

    Reduce Middle East oil imports by more than 75 percent? That was "just an example."
    By Tim Grieve February 2, 2006

  • Bush's Brezhnev period

    Rejecting criticism and mouthing meaningless bromides, Bush gave a speech so stagnant it would have made the Politburo proud.
    By Sidney Blumenthal February 2, 2006

  • President Switchgrass

    Alternate energy universe: Bush and Berkeley researchers walk hand-in-hand.
    By Andrew Leonard February 1, 2006
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