The Democrats' Response

Notes from the Democrats response to the President's State of the Union Address, given by freshman Senator Jim Webb of Virginia:

+ It wouldn't be possible or useful to rebut the President's message in the time allotted. + There are two areas where Democrats and Republicans disagree: economy and foreign policy. + Economic benefits are not being fairly shared. + It takes the average worker more than a year to make what his/her boss makes in one day. + The Democrats in Congress are working to get the right things done for the right people in the right ways. + "The President took us into this war recklessly. We are now as a nation held hostage to the ... disarray that has followed." + We need a new direction. Not a step back, not a precipitous withdrawal, but a policy that takes our soldiers off the streets of Iraq. + Tonight we're calling on this President to take action to end the war. "If he does, we will join him. If he doesn't, we will show him the way."

Joe