First, he highlights the fundamentals of the President's speech this morning:
The president's policy is simple, really. More stimulus now, more fiscal retrenchment later. And there is no way that we can - or should - balance the budget entirely on the backs of the poor and the middle class. There has to be some contribution from those most successful in an economy that continues to reward them more and more generously, even as the country's debt escalates.
In other words, as the President said, "This is not class warfare. This is math."
Also, Americans support the President's policies by overwhelming majorities.
Oh, and a quarter of the world away, our Conservative cousins in the UK have put marriage equality on the legislative agenda for next year, something the American radical right can't see how to do:
Addressing the opening day of her party's autumn conference in Birmingham, [UK Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone] spoke passionately about the need to reject prejudice and discrimination, and support the cause of women's equal rights and persecuted minorities across the world.
To rounds of applause, she said: "I am delighted to announce today that in March this Government will bring in a formal consultation on how to implement equal civil marriage for same-sex couples.
"And this would allow us to make any legislative changes necessary by the end of this Parliament."
So, by this time in 2012—in time for our election, wouldn't you know—the UK may have full marriage equality. Cool.