I couldn’t help but notice a tie between the recurring theme spotlighted by The Macho Response . . .

• “Obama ‘Will Not Rest’ Until Healthcare Reformed” — headline, Agence France-Presse, May 11 • “Obama: ‘I Will Not Rest’ Until Businesses Are Hiring” — headline, RealClearPolitics.com, Nov. 23 • “Obama Says ‘We Will Not Rest’ Until Plotters Found” — headline, Bloomberg.com, Dec. 28

. . . and this comment by David Axelrod on Scott Brown’s win:

“It was a classic case of everybody getting caught napping,” said David Axelrod, a senior adviser to President Obama.

You almost think that when it comes to boasting about how hard they’re going to work, they should give it a rest.