The president may have called this A Sputnik Moment but his speech did not reflect that feeling. There was no call to a vision that inspires Americans to dream of a new day or a new goal. Sputnik inspired America to new achievements. Nothing the president said in his state of the union address prompted that kind of inspiration. There was no vision of the future. Nothing was inspiring.
At least the president should have told us about his ideas to invigorate the economy in a way that would re-employ the 7 million people that were employed before this recession started. His words were “innovation” and “education.” Neither of those events will re-employ the 6 million people who have used their 99 weeks of extended unemployment benefits.
Re-organizing the government, reducing tax incentives for oil companies, vetoing laws that have earmarks, and reducing tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans will not bring the American economy back to life.
Republicans contemplating running for the presidency will be motivated to enter the coming primaries.
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