As far as the middle east goes, Bubba actually did a pretty good job.
Clinton however is not. According to the Economist, her latest talks with the Israelis she congratulated them on promising to "restrict" the growing of settlements in the west bank and east J. This is not the full halt that is required by previous accords.
This may not seem like much, but when
Abu Mazen decides to call it a day, you know that the Middle East is about to take a turn for the dark. The guy was the most pragmatic dove the place had in sometime, and the opportunity was squandered. The doves in Israel are not happy about this.
Right now, Russia and Venezuela are now looking at this weakness, and I strongly believe that the recent feint by Chavez at this point is an attempt to push us support troops out of Columbia.
With health care and climate change, it looks from a foreign position that Obama delegated all responsibility to the two houses. Now excuse me if I'm wrong here, but I would believe that delegating to stagnant institutions is not how you obtain change. Relates to one of my military principles: Never delegate actual work to idiots.
Better yet, Napoleon had better words: "First-rate men hire first-rate men; second-rate men hire third-rate men."
While I believed at the time of the election that Obama was the better pick of the two choices available, a friend quickly pointed out that he believed that while "Obama says nice things, I still believe he will go down as one of the least popular presidents in US history"
"Even more so than the last guy?"
"yea"
While I'm reluctant to agree to such as an extreme, cracks are beginning to show.