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The former Governor should takes notes from the sitting Senator .

This guy's weakest area was foreign policy. Anyone in his situation with a brain and a sense of humility would have either waited for the President to speak first, or sent out a generic "Our Thoughts & Prayers Are With..." Statement. But no; he had to turn it into a live attack ad. Now he's entered a field of the presidency that he's woefully unqualified for, and his best advisers are ex-foreign policy hacks for the last GOP president we had (does "9/11" and "two unfunded wars" ring any bells?). While I'm tempted to follow others , I'm not jumping the gun yet to say he's toast (we still have to get through at least two debates before it's official). But there's no way anyone who doesn't want World War III is backing Romney for making such a stupid decision. But when you think about it, running for President has been the biggest risk Romney has ever taken in his life; before than he really never did anything ...

Is it me, or is it everytime Obama is attacked for his domestic policies (whether from the Left and the Right) he does something/is involved in something next-to-awesome in the foreign policy side?* Does this mean that if he starts getting criticized more for his foreign policies, he'll do something to boost the economy and create more jobs before next March? * = Sending drones and near-net-zero troop change notwithstanding, of course

In an update of a story about how 59% of al Qaeda terrorists entering Iraq are either from Libya or Saudi Arabia , we learn that those being recruited aren't dummies : WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most al Qaeda fighters in Iraq are from Saudi Arabia and Libya and many are university-aged students, said a study released on Wednesday by researchers at the U.S. Army's West Point military academy. The study was based on 606 personnel records collected by al Qaeda in Iraq and captured by coalition troops in October. It includes data on fighters who entered Iraq, largely through Syria, between August 2006 and August 2007... [snip] ...According to the study, the average age of the 606 fighters who entered over that one-year period was 24-25. One was 15 years old. Young, educated and not a big fan of the United States or her policies. How did they get there? Here's a quick refresher : The officials added that, based on the captured documents and other intelligence, they believe that the ...