Obama's State of the Union Speech

Obama's State of the Union Speech addressed many topics that have been effecting Americans all over for a while now. These topics are certainly an important issue as well. Obama mentions education, immigration, economy, and manufacturing. Some things that were stated about education that stuck out was merit pay for teachers and allowing those who are 18 being able to drop out. The Dream act which has been suggested for immigration would allow the illegal immigrants to obtain a legal status, also to undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children, if they join the military or attend college. What I pinpointed during Obama's speech about economy was him saying "every penny should go towards lowering tax" it seems a  bit exaggerated and many American have been waiting for taxes to go down. 

American exceptionalism was expressed through mentioning the single mother, Jackie, who got laid off but went to community college, which was paid in full for her, granted her a degree which helped her land a better and highly advanced job. Also when Obama drops the late, Steve Job's achievements. Steve Jobs, an American that started here in our homeland, moved on to bigger and better things and is now a world wide company, which granted many Americans with jobs. With car companies too, Chrysler created jobs for over 100000 Americans. Obama continues American exceptionalism with proposing the idea of rewarding american companies with tax cuts.

One bipartisan trade agreement I picked up on was that American businesses being powerful enough to sell all over the world which would cause the exports of the US to double. Along with expanding oil and drilling. Partisan differences was brought up when advises a ban on insider trading by members of the congress. Obama also sums up some of the work his presidency achieved which was to rack up support. 

Mitch Daniel's response was quite negative toward Obama, mostly he shows his doubt in Obama. He says that Obama created the national debit to raise even higher that the economy has worsen, unemployment rate has sky rocketed and that we are all still suffering. 

Overall, the address struck a positive chord from myself. I believe that Obama had a reassuring, goal oriented  and motivating speech. I received a persevering tone from the president which makes me hopeful for our Nation's future if he is reelected.