Gary Hart's response to Bush's State of the Union Address:

The President is still either unable or unwilling to provide concrete evidence of current Iraqi involvement in terrorism sufficient to justify possible substantial loss of American lives in a war in Iraq. He also is unable or unwilling to provide assurance to the American people that our homeland is sufficiently secure from terrorist attacks before such a war is initiated. As our Council on Foreign Relations Task Force Report of October 25 documented, America is still unprepared and still at risk. We should not go to war until America is prepared to defend itself at home from terrorist attacks that the Central Intelligence Agency has said will most probably occur when we go to war in the Middle East.

The New York Times details Gary Hart's back door campaign:

By next month, Mr. Hart intends to have spoken on national security, foreign policy, the economy and civic engagement. Call it a back-door campaign: He drops into the nascent contest for a harmless cup of coffee and then, before you know it, is sitting down at the dining room table in debates with everyone else in the field.

Gary returns from England this weekend. He has not yet decided whether to run. He is concentrating on getting his positions on issues out in the public domain.

February 10 he'll be speaking in San Francisco, details will be available at Gary Hart News.com - Calendar.