recovery in the economic recorded history in the united states in which the median household income has declined. today the president talked about some potential solutions. like he said, we're going to work with congress to rein in fannie and freddie, phase them out. he's had now almost five years to propose a plan to do that. he has yet to propose a plan, but republicans in the house and senate are working on a plan to do exactly that. the president said, well, we're going to do something about student loan rates. he has been the guy sitting on the sideline while house and senate republicans and democrats in a bipartisan effort have come up with a proposal and pushed it through in many instances against the president's people threatening a veto. so, you know, this was a political speech. it was more about the midterm elections than it was about policy, it was more about his poll numbers rather than america's job numbers, and i got to tell you, it was thin. it was not a particularly well-crafted speech. he seemed to be rambling. maybe the speech writers are getting a little worn out there.