President Bush's Last State of the Union Address

Tomorrow evening at 9:00 p.m., President Bush will give his final State of the Union address, this time to a Democratic Congress.

President Bush will face Congress and a skeptical American public. His approval rating has continued to decline and has reached an all-time low of 35%. This is the lowest approval rating of any President entering his final year in office.

A number of 2008 Presidential candidate hopefuls will be present for the address, currently serving as active members of Congress. The rest will surely be tuning in to CNN to view the live coverage of President Bush's 2007 State of the Union address.

Earlier this month, President Bush announced his new plan for the war in Iraq. His speech will occur just two days after the bloodiest weekend of the current war. We lost 27 of our own soldiers this weekend, and today was not much better. Today alone, 100 people were killed and 200 wounded.

Congress has already proposed oppositions to the President's new plan for Iraq. They have urged the President to consider all of the options before sending more of our troops to Iraq. Those who are not opposing the plan have made it clear that this is the President's last chance.

The citizens of our country have organized a National Rally, which is planned this upcoming Saturday in Washington, DC to protest the sending of more troops to Iraq.

It will be interesting to see how Bush addresses this issue and responds to critical comments about his new plan.

In tomorrow evening's address, along with reacting to criticisms, the President is set to focus more on such domestic issues as health care, education, and immigration. Correspondents have also mentioned energy reform as a staple in the President's plan for the upcoming two years.

President Bush's speech is currently sitting at over 40 minutes, which is about the same length as his State of the Union address last year.

I urge everyone to tune in to the State of the Union address tomorrow and listen to the President speak to Congress. Our collective efforts have placed every politician into his or her seat and it is imperative that we not lose sight of our vision for a future. We are currently in a time of extreme political importance, and it is critical that the people be aware of the situations unfolding in our nation's Capitol.