Change Watch: Excuses, excuses.

President Obama's defenders claim that his administration's failure to turn his campaign promises into policy should be laid at the door of  an obstructionist legislature and "the party of no." Jane Hamsher has been asking what actions Obama can and should take now as chief executive that require no action by Congress. Responses: Glenn Greenwald here; Alan Grayson here; James Galbraith here; Bill Black here.