direction of the Iraq War or the president's strategy. Libertarian response Steve Kubby, a California politician and declared candidate for the 2008 presidential election, delivered an unofficial response to the address for the Libertarian Party. Kubby criticized the president's policies on the economy, education, and foreign policy, which he referred to as "foreign military adventurism." Conservative response The Wall Street Journal reported in an article the following Thursday that conservatives were upset and felt abandoned by Bush's shifts on immigration and health care, and quoted a high-ranking official with the American Conservative Union saying that "the president left a lot of conservatives shaking their heads". Statistics This address to Congress was the second such speech written with the assistance of White House chief speechwriter William McGurn, who with a team of seasoned writers and researchers spent several weeks working on the speech. Keeping his remarks similar in length to the previous year's address to Congress, the President spoke for 49 minutes, and was interrupted for applause 58 times with 28 also being standing ovations. References External links Full video of the 2007 State of the Union speech at C-SPAN.org Full video of the 2007 State of the Union response at C-SPAN.org Full Transcript - 2007 State of the Union Address theamericanrhetoric.com Official response transcript and video Representative Xavier Becerra's response in Spanish Discussion of the president's mispronunciation of "Democratic Party" in the speech Video commentary on the 2007 State of the Union Address. Highlights promises and lack of progress towards those promises. Created and posted just prior to the 2008 address Audio of Bush's Sixth State of the Union Address State of the Union Address 2007 State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address Articles containing video clips State of the Union Address Presidency of George W. Bush State of the Union Address 2007 2007