This speech follows the normal pattern for the Obama administration: give people a blank slate so they may project whatever they believe onto it.

I know Inauguration speeches aren’t like the State of the Union, so this is expected. I’m just saying that in this speech we can read our own wants into it.

I am still flinching, waiting for his first real decision that will show us where he will really stand on the issues of Terrorism, Israel v. Palestine, Energy Policy, Iraq and Iran.