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Bush Talks Iraq, Economy in Final State of the Union President Bush gave his final State of the Union address Monday night. But with his low approval rating and a dramatic presidential election year overshadowing him, are Americans paying attention to Bush's message?

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Bush Talks Iraq, Economy in Final State of the Union

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President Bush gave his final State of The Union address last night. But with his low approval rating and a dramatic presidential election year overshadowing him, are Americans paying attention to Bush's message?

For insight into the president's speech, Farai Chideya talks with Princeton University political science professor Melissa Harris Lacewell, and Deroy Murdock, a media fellow with The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University.