I made the comment in the other thread that she's an awful choice.  She's monotone, clearly reading (and poorly at that), and has no passion.  It's as though she's trying to put us to sleep!

Al Gore should have given the speech.

I'm asleep.

ZZZZZZZZZZZZ

BRING BACK GOV. KAINE FROM LAST YEAR!

"There is a better way..."

I thought James Webb was absolutely fantastic last year.  Definitely VP material.

This is worse than watching Bush!!

Now do you see the problem that a lot of have with Obama's rhetoric? Some of these people are so clueless. Hillary has said "I'm proud to be a Democrat!". Would you even get that from the kumbaya post partisan crowd?

Man, what a yawner. If it was coming out of Obama's mouth it might be good but zzzzzzz.

I think Jim Webb should give every Democratic response. All the time, every time.

merged with Democratic Underground --

I think the current state of MyDD is about what we'd get.

She's awful!!! Is this what Obama is gonna be like in the general? his is not how we will defeat the Republicans in November.  HILLARY 2008!

Bore us into submission.  Like Lutheran school all over again.  SLEEP WELL she said...

In cockney voice: "I'm already there, guv'nah!"

I like Sebelius. I always said if Edwards was the one nominated, she should be his VP. But I never listened to her speak and God, she's boring.

Webb will be a great running mate for Obama.  Both of them opposed the war.  They showed excellent judgment and have been leaders in speaking out about national security.  

wow, i signed off from mydd, but came back to say

ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS!

Join us BUSH? GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE! I DONT WANT BUSH

This is it - the Obama agenda.  Get used to it.

It's like Obama morphed into a white woman and lost his ability to speak.

She is a Democratic Governor of a Red State what were you expecting?

Yeah, it's the style, not the substance, that people go for with Obama. The words, the content, are pretty empty when you see them without Obama's oratory.

Yes, Governor, this was an opportunity for a partisan response, to state the obvious: Bush is nothing more than an obstructor in chief and it is the Democrats who have the ideas America wants for our country, and Republicans who are opposed to them. She's asking Bush "to join us?" Is she kidding?

This is exactly the problem that I have with Obama. Republicans have had eight years to run the country. They've had their chance. Its foolish of us to use our time to run on "can't we all just get along". Now is the time to rebrand conservatism into the "philosophy that doesn't work."

Ronald Reagan didn't transform the country by being post partisan, he transformed the country by uniting the American people under the ideals of conservatism. Ronald Reagan was the ultimate hyper-partisan.

Obama wants to build a coalition around himself, not the democratic party.

And David Brooks thinks that Obama is great. Should tell you something there too.

I am for edwards but the lady is pathetic   for Obama or not she is a bad joke

WTF is Obama talking about! He cannot talk!

Sigh.... I'm so disappointed in Gov Sebelius. I know she can give a better speech than that because I've heard her do it. Whoever slipped her the Valium has a lot to answer for.

Jim Webb was so much better. There was no passion in her voice and she sounded so depressing. More importantly, she should have advocated Democratic ideals and plans, because "this president" does'nt give a shit about regular Americans.  

What an amazingly incompetent Democratic Response to kick off a vibrant election year. Sounded more like a concession speech, just begging for the Republicans to let us work with them on a few things here or there. More Democratic Party capituation:

Kumbaya my lord, kumbaya
Kumbaya my lord, kumbaya
Kumbaya my lord, kumbaya
Oh lord, kumbaya

Someones singing lord, kumbaya
Someones singing lord, kumbaya
Someones singing lord, kumbaya
Oh lord, kumbayah

Someones laughing, lord, kumbaya
Someones laughing, lord, kumbaya
Someones laughing, lord, kumbaya
Oh lord, kumbaya

Someones crying, lord, kumbaya
Someones crying, lord, kumbaya
Someones crying, lord, kumbaya
Oh lord, kumbaya

Someones praying, lord, kumbaya
Someones praying, lord, kumbaya
Someones praying, lord, kumbaya
Oh lord, kumbaya

Someones sleeping, lord, kumbaya
Someones sleeping, lord, kumbaya
Someones sleeping, lord, kumbaya
Oh lord, kumbaya
Oh lord, kumbaya

The party of Michael Dukakis.

Whoever decided to waste ten minutes of live national airtime at the start of election year for an Obama supporter to give that speech ought to be shot. I though Bob Schrum had retired.

What a lousy speaker.

I nodded off.  What did she say?

She could not have been anymore momotone.   Clear she was not rehearsed and was reading from a prompter.

she sounded nervous and somewhat unprepared. that being said, its amazing that this is somehow obama's fault!

A response from a real Democrat:

Tonight President Bush claimed that the state of our union is strong. And we can all debate that. But what is not up for debate is that for too many American families, the true "state of their lives" is one of economic anxiety and uncertainty.

As I've traveled across the country and visited with people in their homes, I have listened to the urgent problems they face. These families are resolute, and when it comes to their strength, optimism and hard work, the state of our union has never been stronger. Yet after seven years of stagnant wages, declining incomes and increasing inequality, our families are working harder and harder and still falling behind.

President Bush had one final chance tonight to acknowledge what the American people have known for years: that the economy is not working for middle class families. Unfortunately, what he offered was more of the same - a frustrating commitment to the same failed policies that helped turn record surpluses into large deficits, and push a thriving twenty-first century economy to the brink of recession.

We need a President who understands the urgent economic challenges our families face and who will work as hard for middle-class families as they work for America. I intend to be that President for the American people.

While I was heartened to hear the President acknowledge the need for immediate actions to jumpstart our economy, it will take more than tax rebates to fix our economic crisis and rebuild our economy for the future. We need immediate relief for people who are losing their jobs and facing skyrocketing home heating costs. And we need a comprehensive solution to the housing crisis. Every housing proposal the President made tonight, I made several months - and hundreds of thousands of foreclosure notices - ago. For example, I have proposed to enable the Federal Housing Administration to function as an alternative to the subprime market; and I have proposed to empower state housing finance agencies to help families refinance unworkable mortgages. But more is needed. So I have also called on the mortgage industry to observe a 90-day foreclosure moratorium on subprime mortgages and a 5-year freeze in rates on subprime loans.

We need a long-term economic vision to restore shared growth and prosperity for America's middle class. As President, I will work every day to create good high-paying jobs that can't be outsourced, restore fairness to our economy, renew the promise of America that if you work hard, you can get ahead, and restore real fiscal responsibility to Washington.

In Iraq, President Bush talked about the success of the surge. The Administration brandishes many numbers. The one I'm most focused on is that 2007 was the deadliest year for U.S. troops in Iraq. And the humanitarian situation remains devastating.

President Bush isn't satisfied with failure after failure in Iraq; he wants to bind the next President to his failed strategy by unilaterally negotiating with the Iraqi government about the future of the U.S.-Iraq security relationship, including the possibility of permanent U.S. bases in Iraq.

The Bush Administration says it does not even plan to submit this agreement to the Congress for approval, even though Iraqi officials plan to submit it to their parliament. It is an outrage that the Iraqi parliament will have an opportunity to debate this but the American Congress won't. We need to rein in this President. That is why I introduced the first legislation to require the President to submit any such agreement for congressional approval and to withhold any funding to carry out the agreement.

After seven long years of this Presidency, I am committed as President to solve problems, not ignore them. I am committed to working for the middle class, not just the privileged few. I am committed to restoring our leadership in the world through strong alliances, not alienating our friends. I am committed to working towards real solutions for real Americans every day as President of the United States.

This is the first time I've commented here.  I loved the Sebelius speech.

Let's keep shepherding the 2006 reallignments in purple state politics, folks.  It's like mixing a good ground game on the policy issues (which we already have) with a new passing game on the political support (which we need). . .

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius read a very carefully worded and effective public speech without soaring empty rhetoric or good old empty rhetoric.

Her response will be remembered as an authetic presentation that made sense.

When you say things like that, you show everyone how completely out of touch you are with what most Americans want at the moment.

I do a hell of a lot of canvassing and phone banking - and in all of it all I hear is that people are tired of partisan bickering. They want people in Washington to learn how to work together and actually fix things. You're asking Sebelius - Governor of a red state - to ignore the desire for bi-partisanship??

Completely out of touch.

I'm embarrassed that there are people who actually want to rebrand the Democratic Party into this.

I agree that people want to get things done. They have been told by the media and politicians like Obama and Sebelius that partisan bickering is what is preventing that.  In reality, the Democratic agenda is what people want accomplished, and Republicans are obstructing it.  Webb was right last year.

just because she is trying to reach out to all americans and isn't just preaching to the choir.

If you didn't notice it, she did give a partisan response but didn't use partisan tones to accomplish it.  She basically said that the country has moved on to a Democratic Majority and told the president that you can either join us or get left behind.

I think she did a great job.

I think you might have thought so too if she was endorsing Hillary today instead of Barack.

Sign the SCHIP bill that the Dems want.  A bloated spending bill that includes illegal aliens and adults.  The program is suppose to be for kids.  What the Dems want is a first step toward a national health care program which would be a national disaster.  Maybe you want the federal government in charge of your health care.  I don't.  

"We stand ready in the heartland and across this country, to join forces with peace-loving nations across the globe and to fight the war against terrorists, wherever they may strike.  But our capable and dedicated soldiers cannot solve the political disputes where they are and cannot focus on the real enemies elsewhere."  

Translation: We're going to let the UN dictate US foreign policy and we'll try to catch up to terrorists after they've struck somewhere!!!  Personally, I didn't know our soldiers' objective in Iraq and Afghanistan was to solve political disputes?  They are there fighting terrorists who are disrupting the political process in those countries and would be creating chaos around the world if it were not for our soldiers keeping them occupied.  I propose that they are fighting our enemies right where they should be fighting them.  Would it serve the Democrats better if they were fighting them here on our streets and in our countryside?  What a bunch of  flaming idiots..........