Obama sits down with Jay Leno on the “Tonight Show” Tues., talks about Gaddafi, the Jobs Act and his admin.’s struggles with the GOP.

President: “Look, I think the things that folks across the country are most fed up with, whether you are a Democrat, Republican, Independent, is putting party ahead of country or putting the next election ahead of the next generation.”

Also pokes fun at the slew of GOP debates:

JAY LENO: Now, have you been watching the GOP debates?

THE PRESIDENT: “I’m going to wait until everybody is voted off the island before…Once they narrow it down to one or two, I’ll start paying attention.”