Obama spoke of a better educated American workforce. With the costs of higher education having skyrocketed in the past 10 years how are the working poor to afford any higher education for their children to elevate their future prosperity?

Government subsidies to pay for this costly education will never happen in sufficient quantity. Why should it anyway?

I am disappointed that the potential for "Internet College" and the savings that could be achieved was not brought up.

In all, just "lip service" to his proposed "reinventing of America" ? looks to me as business as usual in Washington DC ? more chicken in every pot and pass the donation plate ...