President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time last night to lay out what he's done over the last 30 days or so and what he will do later this week. He also touched on some longer term goals.

The agenda, admittedly, is ambitious. Maybe too ambitious. The government can print so much money before it's all as worthless as that pastel-colored currency that comes packaged in Monopoly boxes. (They still have those, right?)

I tuned in last night to report on Obama's looming health care reform strategy. The good news is that it barely made the speech. The bad news is that we still have very little idea what to expect down the road.

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