I DON’T THINK THEY HAVE MUCH TO WORRY ABOUT: Senate Democrats pepper Obama with questions about entitlement reform. “Democrats emerged from the Senate’s Mike Mansfield Room publicly declaring party unity. But behind closed doors, liberals in the Senate caucus raised reservations about Obama’s readiness to consider cuts to Social Security benefits and his support for a deficit-reduction package evenly split between spending cuts and tax increases.”

On the other hand, it’s expiration dates all the way down.