The second related theme we hear more and more of, again if you pass the rhetoricand pass the language coming out at the beginning of the 1980s, is that higher education should provide a possibility of upward mobility for talented individuals.
Obama's rhetoric has reflected the political uncertainty, with the president and his aides using increasingly personal language intended to shame Republicans into allowing public votes on measures that have public support but are fiercely opposed by the influential National Rifle Association.