President Obama's first State of the Union Address

On the day we started blogging as a class, President Obama gave his first State of the Union Address.  You can read the text of it here and see the responses from our class in the blog roll on the left hand side.  Take a few minutes to read what people had to say - and post a response comment too!
Think about the issue you will be focusing on for the next few weeks - was it mentioned in the speech?  What did President Obama have to say about it?  What do think about it?