Dana Perino

We're in a very different spot than we were a year ago.

I remember being here for the president's joint session speech, and there was a lot of optimism, a lot of confidence.

The president remains optimistic and remains confident, but there's a record here.

I think the president tonight is probably looking for a little bit of a reset.

You think about where the data is, the polling data, the most reliable polling data are elections.

We had some last November.

We've had a few sprinkled in between since then and now.

Democrats are performing well.

You look at the polling data, two out of three Americans disapprove of the president's job performance and three out of four independents disapprove of his job performance.

He's got a lot of time to correct it.

And tonight is one of those starts.

I thought it was interesting when the president went to Georgia, he said that the affordability issue is fixed.

It's not.

If you look at the polling data, the number one concern for voters are prices, cost of living.

And the president makes the case, as Kellyanne was saying, that we're going to have a great second, third and fourth quarter, that when the tax cuts hit in and when people get their tax refund, the economy is going to boom.

I hope for the country's sake that is the case.

And I hope for the president's case.

I'm a Democrat, but I hope for his case that indeed is, for his sake, that indeed is the case.

But he's going to have to do a little more.

He talks a lot about things, but he doesn't follow through.