New Media Strategies

BLOGGER SURVEY: High Brow Critiques

February 1, 2006 - The Hotline

New Media Strategies conducted a survey of SOTU reaction among bloggers. Among the findings:

Most conservatives "love" the line: "Second guessing is not a strategy."
Some conservatives "cringe" at the line: "We hear claims that immigrants are somehow bad for the economy -- even though this economy could not function without them."
Many liberal bloggers feel Bush's speech was just "More of the same."
Specific liberal criticism "centers on a lack of a plan for Iraq and," as one put it, "bizarre and ridiculous" talk about cloning, embryos, and human-animal hybrids.
Both sides make Cindy Sheehan "a top issue to rally around."
And the "one unifying aspect of the evening" was the "focus" on VA Gov. Tim Kaine's (D) "left eyebrow." One blogger said it has a "mind of its own"