Long Time Coming

Winding Paths
Now, with a record that includes winding down the Iraq war and killing Bin Laden, coupled with the success of the military strikes in Libya and the removal of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, political and national security experts have embraced the Obama campaign’s belief that this could be the year when national security issues actually help a Democrat. (NYT, 4/6/2012)


Obama "leads from behind" on Libya, blinks on Iran and promises Putin more concessions ("flexibility") after he is re-elected and does not have to answer to the country on weakening U.S. defenses. But national security is going to help him? 


Nurturing
The relationship between Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Romney — nurtured over meals in Boston, New York and Jerusalem, strengthened by a network of mutual friends and heightened by their conservative ideologies — has resulted in an unusually frank exchange of advice and insights on topics like politics, economics and the Middle East. (NYT, 4/7/2012)


Oh, and one more thing on Obama's national security bona fides - apparently the Israelis don't like or trust him.


Same Old
The Obama administration is responding to the recent report that shows a federal agency spent more that $800,000 on a lavish conference near Las Vegas by putting some of the blame on the Bush administration. (Foxnews.com, 4/7/2012)


Good to see that team Obama is sticking to its "Blame Bush" strategy. Even honest Dems must be tired of this one. 


Citation
Among Democrats, Obama has cited Bill Clinton more than 60 times and Franklin Delano Roosevelt 45 times at public events. Jimmy Carter? Four times. (Foxnews.com, 4/7/2012)


It is surely obvious to all why Obama would not want to bring up Jimmy Carter!


Locked Up
Partisanship is four Democrat-appointed justices giving lock-step support to a law passed by a Democratic Congress and a Democratic president — after the case for its constitutionality had been reduced to rubble. (Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post, 4/5/2012)


Why yes!