Roger Simon: Obama's inaugural message: Just do it!

A lot less gloomy, a little more combative and much more impatient than four years ago, President Barack Obama used his second inaugural address on Monday to urge action on a nation in the grips of inertia.

"Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time," he said, "but it does require us to act in our time."

Translation: Listen up, Congress. I've got four years left, and we're going to do things for this country even if I have to make you kick and scream to do them. ...