I think that proposal with a kernel of merit got lost in the feeling that his particular SotU laundry list was just a waste of air, i.e., stuff that seemed (for Bush) to come out of nowhere - with zero commitment on his part for any of it. At least that's how it appeared to me.
There were a couple of other ideas in there that seemed decent, but it all seemed so throw-away. The one big issue that, going in, Bush seemed to have in common with a Democratic Congress was immigration reform. Was there any mention of that? I tuned out halfway through.
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