IF A SPEECH FALLS IN A FOREST...

Well, we're minutes away from Bush's damage-control-palooza. What's interesting is that this speech is solely for the purpose of stopping Bush's slide in the polls, both on Iraq policy and in general. His handlers say there will be "specifics", but we've heard that before. No doubt the anchors of the major nets will be left scratching their head as to why this speech was newsworthy. Yet this will not stop the networks from cutting into their primetime coverage for future speeches.

Ok here we go... I will not be live-blogging it.