Tonight's Big Speech

Bush's Big Speech - some would say the speech he's giving to save his political skin as his support nosedives - is going on about 5 our time, so I'm going to miss it. For once I really wish I had a chance to see the man speak. But I can already predict what's going to happen: with that insufferably pained expression creasing his brow, he's going to offer a numbifying speech long on rhetoric, short on specifics - few too many specifics for his critics, who will talk about how he has nothing real to offer in terms of a workable plan, but with enough specifics that conservatives will be consoled and will talk about what a determined leader he is; the American people temporarily pacified, his poll numbers will bounce up from the low forties to the high forties; and once again liberal pundits will fret about his invincibility and conservative pundits will continue to talk about what a bold visionary he is for a week, after which his poll numbers will start going down again, until he gives his Next Big Speech (he's going to be giving a lot of them the next few weeks apparently) and the cycle will continue.

Or has true support really eroded to the point that people can really see through the rhetoric to the nonsense it's covering up? I'm not holding my breath.