Here's hoping these are the kinds of issues GWB talks about tonight.

8,170,000 - Total number of unemployed Americans.

$5.2 trillion- Budget deficit over next 10 years if Bush's 2005 budget proposal is enacted.

50 percent - Increase in out-of-pocket health care costs for workers since Bush took office.

49 - Number of states that increased tuition at their public colleges and universities in 2003. State budget cuts fueled by the recession have forced colleges to hike tuitions and fees-threatening access to higher education for low-income students.

I think these are things we all want to hear his thoughts on. I think he should use tonight, when millions will be watching, to address his plans for the next four years and what (at least in a broad sense) he intends to do about these issues. I'm not expecting a detailed outline of plans - I just hope he at least recognizes these issues. I'll be taking notes!!