In around three weeks, Barack Obama won't have George Bush's back to piggy on. He will actually have to formulate opinions and articulate them to the general public.
The horror.
When it comes to repairing the faltering U.S. economy, Barack Obama offers vision, numbers and detail. But as Israeli bombs and Palestinian rockets explode in the Middle East, the president-elect has responded with silence.
With 20 days until he takes office, Obama is likely to encounter a region reshaped by new violence once he becomes commander in chief. But he has refused to engage in diplomatic conversation before then, insisting that to do so would undermine President Bush. "President-elect Obama is closely monitoring global events, including the situation in Gaza, but there is one president at a time," said Brooke Anderson, Obama's national security spokeswoman.
Seeing how the majority of those who support him oppose Israel, Obama is once again showing the courage of a politician who is all things to (almost) all things.
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