[Stardust]

"...the true engine of job creation in this country will always be America's businesses. But government can create the conditions necessary for businesses to expand and hire more workers." from SOU address

Thus, a jobs bill, emphasis on clean energy as driving the economy of the future, focus on American innovation, emphasis on post high school education and training for all, a need for healthcare reform (a need for consensus, yes, but A NEED FOR REFORM), .... seems like a cohesive line of reasoning to me... now whether one agrees with it or not is a whole different animal.

Oh yeah, no doubt, he is just as good of a speechgiver as Clinton. It appeared that Pulosi and Biden are the one's who worked with the speechwriter over the last three weeks. It was reported that Obama added symantics but made virtually no changes to the speech content when presented to him