I thought it was a very good speech. Of course, now the Dems will tell us how terrible things are and how Socialism is the only cure.
I would have liked to see a more ambitious energy strategy, however, like a hydrogen fueling infrastructure initiative, or perhaps increased fusion reactor research funding. I know a lot of people here probably aren't happy about his points about CAFE standards but I think it's about time. It's pathetic that my V8-powered, 20-year-old T-Bird gets better gas mileage than a lot of new cars today. It does it by having a highly restrictive design that limits it to 150hp, but gee whiz, if we want to be serious about saving gas, then perhaps we should prioritize between mileage vs. having every decent car have 250+ hp -- when you use those hp they burn an obscene amount of gas. I say bring back the era of the muscle car category where *those* have the super-duper hp but most don't. How many soccer moms really wind out their motors to 6,000 rpm anyway?
Well don't we all have family photos. Cue son in Iraq.