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Obama stoops, doesn’t conquer
In the final debate against Mitt Romney, Obama showed himself – yet again – to be a petty president, more suited to the role of schoolmaster, than Commander-in-Chief.
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The great gaffe
The one thing Obama’s performance did do is re-energize his demoralized base — the media, in particular. But at a price.
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The Big Bird counterattack
Ever since last Wednesday, Democrats have been shellshocked and left searching for excuses.
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Romney by two touchdowns
Confident, smiling and nonthreatening, Romney didn’t look like a man who enjoys killing the wives of laid-off steelworkers at last Wednesday’s debate.
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Go large, Mitt
How far ahead would Romney be if he were actually running a campaign? His unwillingness to go big, to go for the larger argument, is simply astonishing.
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The abandonment
As the U.S. continues to wait for Iran to live up to its “international obligations,” the same old arguments, old excuses, old pretensions have become ridiculous.
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The empathy gap
Given the state of the economy, by any historical standard, Barack Obama should be 15 points behind Mitt Romney. Why is he tied?
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The ‘deterrence works’ fantasy
There are few foreign-policy positions more silly than the assertion without context that “deterrence works.”
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The Cordesman criteria
Either Israel is engaged in the most elaborate ruse since the Trojan Horse or it is on the cusp of a pre-emptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
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Romney’s excellent trip
At his stop in Jerusalem, Romney’s speech was a masterpiece of nuance and restraint. Without directly criticizing Obama, Romney drew pointed distinctions deftly.

