++Yesterday we saw a spasm of anti-Obama rhetoric by such successful geopoliticians as Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld, Ms. Lindsey Graham,John McCain, and Rudy Guiliani. Graham said that Putin's decision started with Benghazi after he saw that Americans could be killed with our consequences. I guess sort of like Iraq. John McCain said that a 1983 paper wrote by President Obama while he was at Columbia shows he doesn't understand the Soviet Union,which no longer exists. Rudy Guiliani was positively giddy about Vladimir Putin's leadership. All of this was best handled by Andrew Sullivan in his post "Putin Envy."
++By early morning,John Kerry had met with the government in Kiev and promised $1.5 billion,the EU promised $15 billion,NATO suspended all cooperation with the Russian military and Secretary Hagel travelled to Europe and said that NATO would bolster the Baltic states. Putin gave a press conference where Clint Eastwood's chair showed up and Putin was rambling about American plots against him. Putin's statements were dissected as a pack of lies by the Washington Post and President Obama said that no one believes what Putin says.
++Later John Kerry met with the Russian prime minister and the Ukraine met with Russians. Putin still reserves the right to use force but his troops have backed away from the border. Russians still occupy Crimea.
++With these pressing matters, Darryl Issa was supposed to have a blockbuster hearing with Ms. Lerner agreeing to testify after pleading the Fifth. But, alas, she showed up to plead the Fifth and Issa refused to allow Elijah Cummings, the lead Democrat , from speaking and then huffed and adjourned the hearing. He has declared that his investigation has hit the end of the road.
++The House also is deliberating the STOP Act, which would give Congress the right to sue President Obama--for doing his job. The bill declares that the President can not interpret how laws are to be implemented. In my time,this had been ok'd by several Supreme Court decisions.
++The House also voted to repeal Obamacare for the 50th time. In the polls,it looks like Obamacare is a wash for the 2014 elections.
++Same-sex couples can now get married in Illinois. Western Republicans, including former Senator Nancy Kassenbaum, signed a petition to the federal court to allow same-sex marriage.
++Bibi Netanyahu tied up traffic yesterday in D.C. and spoke to AIPAC. To a very subdued crowd, he made a pitch for the Peace Plan being negotiated by John Kerry. He argued the time has come. Then throwing red meat to the crowd, he went after Iran and called for additional sanctions against the regime, the worst in the world. Senator Menendez spoke and pledged to renew his attempt for additional sanctions. John McCain spoke and denounced President Obama.
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