Once again, tonight President Bush used those words inevitably linked to Presidents on this night: "the state of our union is confident and strong".
Sure, we're confident if we're oil companies. Oil companies are bathing in money these days. Record profits are being made at the expense of consumers at the pump.
We're confident if we're the richest 1%. The biggest worry of the richest 1% would be having to pay their fare share of taxes, and even then we're talking about pocket change.
We're feeling strong if we're Republican lobbyists. The K Street Project is going well so far, allowing unfettered access to a Republican Congress that has become as Governor Schweitzer calls them "a wholly owned subsidiary of corporate America."
Read More