So I’ve watched it several times now (for a column I just finished). It’s amazingly lackluster. It’s like the whole campaign has a case of the Mondays. It’s as if Obama’s saying. “Look I didn’t want to come in today either. But we’ve got a job to do, and while I wish we could have had a longer weekend, we should all be thankful we have jobs. So let’s roll up our sleeves and do what we’ve got to do.”

Of course, Obama doesn’t actually say any of that. He doesn’t actually say anything at all in the video. He’s just in the background in a couple shots, like a not-so-happy reminder of when being a door-knocker for Obama wasn’t such a drag.