MICKEY KAUS evaluates Obama’s speech. “Why, after posing as a practical moderate, go on and on about the need to avoid timidity and do ‘what the moment calls for’ and ‘history’s test.’ Obama couldn’t let a speech slip by without veering into grandiosity — but this very grandiosity undercuts his attempt to appear like a reassuring, centrist who wants to disrupt existing arrangements as little as possible. Makes kicking the can ‘further down the road’ suddenly seem vaguely appealing.”