[CaptainHaplo]

There was a whole lot of smoke, but no substance.

What did I like about it? Its over - does that count?

Seriously - I liked the optimistic tone. I agree with the idea that there needs to be adjustments in spending and in the tax code.

However, the devil is in the details - and that is where I find things I don't like.

Investment is now the new word for spending. Investment is great - if its done wisely. Putting money into a sector that we have already pumped BILLIONS into - namely "clean energy" - is throwing more money at a sector that has proven its not mature enough to perform as the nation wants and needs it to. Thats not an investment, its a waste.

Tax reform. Sounds great - but again - its "close the loopholes" and make the rich pay. The problem is - its going to be rewritten by the rich - aka politicians in office - so its going to have just as many holes as it does now, if not more. If your going to reform the tax code, throw it out and move to a flat tax or more preferably, a fair (consumption) tax.

Education reform. This was pure bullocks. Like he is going to take on the teachers unions to get rid of bad teachers. Why not stop giving lip service to stuff and start doing by calling for a competitive school system that allows parents to chose where to send their child for schooling? Oh wait, that would mean that successful schools would get all the money and all the kids.

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs.... That's his new focus right? So why did he spend so much time talking about other crap - like "improving" his signature health care program? Could it be that, in the rush of pushing in through against the will of the people, ramming it down their throats when they didn't want it, that no one took the time to actually think about what it all meant and slow things down to get it right? OH - thats right, we needed to have it passed and signed so we could see what was in it. Now he wants to "improve" it - instead of focusing on the real problems of the day which are the negative impact on health care that the thing will have, the ballooning deficit, the unemploymet numbers, etc.

Notice he really didn't come up with one thing that is going to create jobs. Education is great - but that doesn't help NOW. "Investing" in technology that MIGHT be the answer in 2 or 3 decades doesn't help NOW. Freezing spending to where we add ONLY 1.4 TRILLION to the deficit doesn't help NOW.

What did I like? Not much at all.