The State of the Union

 Here is a link to the presidents State of the Union address 

The president has excellent speech writers. I enjoyed his speech , I enjoyed his nod to our first female house speaker ( democrat pelosi) , I enjoyed his occasional conciliatory tone in response to the new democratic majority.
I thought he could have done more. He could`ve congratulated the democratic house on its first 100 hours initiatives and told them he looked forward to signing the minimum wage bill , the ethics lobbying and budgeting rules changes , the anti-terrorism bill etc. Especially since these are minor measures that have popular support that a veto wouldn`t fly ...it would`ve been easy to say < Hey I`ll work with you "
Instead , this speech just repeated his previous objectives only in better rhetoric. He still wants to change Social Security , push Health care on individuals , Protect his base with tax cuts , expand on the controversial no child left behind act , drill for oil in environmentally protected areas , INCREASE the war effort despite the opposition , I find it funny that now he wants to limit bipartisanship since they lost the majority. "Can`t we all just get along" after 6years of thumbing his nose at the democratic voice is insulting.  
Nothing has changed , only the rhetoric.