Representative Brad Miller (NC-13), who is a frequent
poster at DKos, let his feelings on Bush's feigned attempts at bipartisanship be known at
BlueNC:
Sounds like one of us, right? Don't show him the secret Democratic handshake. He doesn't really mean it. And he certainly won't really do anything about it.
In the SOTU two years ago, he proposed a new $250 million program for job training in community colleges. The next week he released with less fanfare his proposed budget. There was $5 million in the proposed budget for the new $250 million program, and he proposed much bigger cuts in funding for other community college programs.
So if anything he said tonight sounded like real concern for working and middle-class families--like his newfound enthusiasm for math and science education--just wait a week and look at his budget.
Miller even laments the fact that he had a front row seat for the event:
You probably got up once or twice during the SOTU to go to the refrigerator or to the bathroom. You may have channel-surfed a little. Maybe you're wondering if you missed some of what the President talked about tonight. I was stuck right there in the House chamber, forced to listen to every word, so let me help.
I have to admit that I only watched the Kaine response, which was great. So hats off to Rep. Miller for sitting through it all and sharing his thoughts with the blogosphere.