DOOFUS to wave shiny object at SOTU, shout "Look here!"

Al Hubbard, chairman of the National Economic Council, who is co-ordinating White House energy policy, has also raised expectations. In a speech at De Pauw University he predicted “headlines above the fold that will knock your socks off in terms of our commitment to energy independence.”

"In every one of his previous State of the Union addresses, Bush has promised to push America towards energy independence, notes Think Progress, yet "as of September 2006, 70 percent of oil consumed in the United States came from foreign sources, up from 58 percent in 2000."