Speaking of the SOTU...

It occurs to me that this year's SOTU provides further evidence to what I think I shall call Taylor's Iron Law of Political Speeches (which is: it's the sound bites that matter, not the speech itself). On the night of the speech several commentators gave it a thumbs up, and more than one commented that Bush has really improved in his ability to deliver a speech.

However, by using the Iron Law to measure thsi year's SOTU, the speech was an utter failure, as there were practically no lasting sound bites save the "persmission slip" line (which expired after a few days), with the really big winner being the steroids in sports reference, which seems to be the only part of the speech to live beyond the first couple of days of analysis.