re: #38 Sharmuta

Only on election day. Loss of public support can damage a president’s ability to pass his agenda, however. We may not like giving credit to 0bama on much, but he’s not a stupid politician. If continuing with normalizing relations with Iran is going to cost him political capital at home, he might drop it.

I agree with you that his political antennae are quite accurate. But I am really concerned that all of his domestic spending is aimed at buying all the votes he needs to win in 2012. And after using OUR money to buy HIS political future, it almost won’t matter WHAT he does with iran. Now, if some articulate opponents can start making the case that his policy vis-a-vis iran really IS dangerous, maybe he will have to back off. But as of now, he is going full speed ahead with EVERYTHING he wants to do with no serious opposition.