George W. Bush will give his fifth annual State of the Union message tonight. Independent voters have been leaving the president and this will probably his most important audience. Many Americans including these independents feel the nation was heading in the right direction with poll numbers well below 50 percent
Recently the White House has telegraphed the major elements of this year's speech: an initiative to make healthcare more affordable, ideas to reduce US dependence on foreign energy, a call to extend tax cuts. The defining issues of Mr. Bush's presidency - the Iraq war and larger war on terror - will also occupy center stage.
With the presiden'ts support waning, he is forced to scale down his agenda. The Christian Science Monitor has the story.
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