Obama's State of the Union Address

Although, Barack Obama's State of the Union Address was nearly a week ago, it is still heavily talked about. Obama has great hopes for the future of our nation, although many of his goals seem unattainable. Having watched the speech, the main thing I noticed was Obama's speaking ability. I have watched many political representatives speak before but never have a seen someone which such charisma, energy and power in his voice. Even when there were times I could not comprehend what he saying, I still was listening. Another aspect that I found both interesting and upsetting was the way the audience reacted to what he had to say. The Democrats obviously were in support of all of his ideas, but on the other hand the Republicans seemed resistant to applaud to almost anything he said. This opposition is evident in politics outside of just this speech. Obama has great ideas that will improve our country if they are able to be put in act. However, the Republicans fail to agree with any of Obama's plans and since they do have a say in what becomes law, little is getting accomplished. Currently, Obama's health care plan is not being passed in Congress because of this Republican resistance. It truly bothers me that this is occurring. Some can argue that these citizens of the United States are more in favor of supporting their political party than their own country. The goal of the decisions that are made is to try to benefit everyone in the United States despite a political affiliation's desires. Also, since my topic is Science and Technology I was interested in what Obama had to say regarding that field. He talked a lot about using cleaner energy that will lead the global economy.  He is offering to give raises to Americans that work for cleaner environments. Evidently, there will be much scientific research that goes into discovering what energy sources to use and so on. I feel that since Obama dedicated some time to talk about this issue in his speech it must truly be something that we fix. I was in agreement with basically all of Obama's ideas, just all that is needed now is support.