he's such a technocrat. every proposal is an engineering/technology proposal. we've got to win the future by outteching china. the approach to education is 100% math and science; history or english aren't even mentioned. it's so obvious how he can take the sting out of the tea party: we have a constitutional form of limited government. i know it, and even though there's a lot government can do, there's a lot it shouldn't. this is just not in his repertoire at all. americans dream big: but we are suspicious of government power. it shows you how far the left has come; they really have entirely transcended the idea of freedom; that's not something they care about. but there's no reason why they shouldn't, and leftists used to be just as worried about state power as rightists: where is henry thoreau or abbie hofmann when you need them? didn't they learn anything from the bush administration? i don't think that y'all should get upset by calling the position 'socialist.' where are some of the non-state solutions? the gov is broke and has to scale back. ok but what specifically can government not do? what should it not do? these amazing things that government is going to do: transform education, technology, economy, everything: aren't folks just a little chastened? ok optimistic: but completely unable to learn anything from the past? there's just no sense of american traditions, even as he's trying to mouth the word 'exceptional,' etc. but instead it's just a rehash of al gore: more in love with information-processing units than actual human beings or american traditions. a grand vision of an information-rich future directed exclusively by government agencies.