President Obama should borrow a play from the George Bush first term playbook and begin campaigning now for supportive Democratic Party candidates in the 2010 midterms. The only way to move his agenda forward is to scare the living hell out of the GOP and the so-called "moderate Democrats".

And while I'm on the subject of agendas, the exploration of space deserves much greater attention. The first moon landing was 40 years age. My teenage self would be astonished at how little we've accomplished since that glorious day in July. It is in our nature to expand humanity's horizons. With over-population, global warming, and diminishing natural resources plaguing the planet, we need a collective great adventure.