As for specifics, it wasn't a policy speech. It was a speech on leadership. He did identify a set of principles and priorities that make perfect sense to me. It's all in the speech.
We aren’t exceptional now? That’s hardly news to anyone. It was well delivered standard Republican boiler plate. No Republican candidate (including Ron Paul and Rick Santorum!) would disagree with it. Why? Becuase it is long on generalized feel-good rhetoric and short on specifics. He took absolutely no chances with this speech and played itvery, very safe and did nothign that would turn off a single member of his audience. It looks like it was written by a focus group.