Gov. Sebelius Tanked, But So Does Every Other SOTU Response
August has the details. But the out of party response is never any good. Even last year I didn't think Jim Webb was as great as everyone seemed to think.
On one hand is the President of the United States in a joint session of congress, on the other is some member of congress or a governor in a room by themselves. In a spectacle-off, the latter will always lose.