The State Of The Union Address: President Bush, January 29, 2002 President Bush delivered his first State of the Union address on Tuesday, January 29, 2002. With his recent boost in popularity from the way he handled the aftermath of the tragic events that occurred on September 11, 2001, the question of the night seemed to be whether or not Bush could use his transformed stature as a political weapon. The press predicted that Bush would update Congress and the people …showed first 75 words of 1841 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1841 total…Bush appealed to the people as a "commander-in-chief." I believe that Bush summed up the actual state of the union in his opening paragraph: "Our nation is at war, our economy is in recession, and the civilized world faces unprecedented dangers. Yet the state of out union has never been stronger." I think he is saying that the actual union among the American people, and the union between himself and Congress has never been better.