Still, I think most of the speech, particularly the foreign policy sections, could have been said by any president in the last thirty years. See http://msunderestimated.com/2009/01/21/daily-show-what-differences-between-bush-obama-video/ for a clip from the Daily Show.

With regard to the national debt, I’d like to believe that President Obama will reform entitlements, cut back spending or raise taxes; but given the current plans to address the financial crisis, I’m not very hopeful.