Well, Bush has spoken. I TiVoed it and may get around to watching his speech tomorrow. (So far, a quick surf of political websites is yielding "reviews" that could have been written before the speech was.)
I am delighted to say that my worst fears about the protests do not seem to have materialized. I'm still not sure the human resources might not have done more good if they'd all gone door to door and collected donations for Kerry…but if it made people feel like they were doing something, great.
What happens next? Well, tomorrow, the numbers come out on job creation for August. If they're high, Bush gets a nice bounce. If they're low, he's got a big problem. They'll probably be somewhere in the realm where Republicans can claim they're great and Democrats can say they're awful, and the arguments will continue. By the time this election is over, we may all earn Purple Hearts.