LEGISLATORS REACT TO BUSH'S FINAL STATE-OF-THE-STATE ADDRESS

"It's a lot of the same stuff, a real Republican rah-rah."
--- State Senator Nancy Argenziano (R - Dunnellon)

"I think he created, really, almost a dreamlike vision of Florida that could use a cold shower of facts...This was another State of the State that took us to a state of denial."
--- State Representative Dan Gelber (D - Miami Beach)

"Had I a criticism at all, I would have liked him to have developed how we're going to address the insurance crisis in this state a little more fully."
--- State Senator Jim King (R - Jacksonville)

"I felt like I just received a seminar on tax cuts when what we really want to know is the program we're going to have to invest in the future needs of Florida,"
--- State Senator and gubernatorial candidate Rod Smith (D - Alachua)

"Twenty billion in tax cuts that very few Floridians will ever receive is simply the wrong priority for our state...The state needs to pay its bills for schools, roads and infrastructure."
--- Congressman and gubernatorial candidate Jim Davis (D - Tampa)

"I was more interested in what he didn't say than in what he did. What he didn't talk about was higher education in our state, finding a way to improve access to college and make it more affordable."
--- State Representative Curtis Richardson (D - Tallahassee)