Worst yet, his approval ratings will be up next week simply because he managed to talk for an hour+ while sounding somewhat presidential. It's still a populist message in many ways and many of the things said are not practical. How is congress going to do all of these things without increasing the deficit?

Sorry buts he's been a raging lunatic for the last year and it's going to take a lot more then one argubely decent speech to convince me he's changed.