–When President Obama spoke against the obstructionists in Washington, my first thought was, “Oh, good! He’s going to take on Harry Reid.”

–The president can’t credibly blame Republicans for blocking his agenda, since for the first two years of his term Mr. Obama had Democratic control of the House and Senate. He got most of what he wanted: the “stimulus” program, ObamaCare (which the president was too shy to mention last night), the various bailouts, and an extension of the Bush tax cuts. Even the Democrats, however, balked at his cap and trade plan. And no one blocked him from killing the pipeline and its 20,000 jobs. He did that all by hisself.

–The president’s lingering embrace of the now-sainted Gabby Giffords was heart-warming. I just hope the unmentioned Republican Sen. Mark Kirk, recovering from a stroke this week in his Chicago hospital bed, doesn’t take his own snub personally.

–The problems facing the country are so big that President Obama has decided to hit the campaign trail immediately. With his expected $1 billion campaign war chest, I’m sure glad he spoke out against the deleterious influence of money in politics.

–While I disagree with Gov. Mitch Daniels’ insistence that we need to call a “social issues truce” to focus on our economic crisis (since, for one thing, if the Democrats refuse to go along as expected, the “truce” will be nothing more than a unilateral surrender), his short reply last night showed him to be a better noncandidate than the four candidates still in the race. If Daniels is not running, why was he on TV?