Very predictable statements. Basically a patchwork speech from Bush's previous State of the Union addresses, which indicates to me that we obviously haven't come that far. 

Creating a million new jobs is easy, when you cut pay, benefits, and hours to do it. It doesn't pay for many employers to have full time employees after all. They get benefits, and sometimes... the dreaded overtime pay, which means that paying two people to work 20 hours is cheaper than paying one to work 40. Further more, most of the growth in jobs is merely making up all the jobs lost during the first few years of Bush's presidency. I wouldn't go boasting about that.

A lot of nice things were said during the speech, but as has been the norm for some time, the State of the Union was more of a "going about the motions" rather than anything of substance. For those who didn't tune in, you didn't miss much, except for lies, exaggerations, and pointless claims.