++"A Pragmatism Too Far" by Andrew Sullivan reacts to President Obama's speech with despair that he basically through the narrative of his presidency out the window. Andrew felt that President Obama gave the United States the last chance at abandoning the Bush-Cheney foreign policy where we reacted to every Islamic lunatic and that now with last night's speech President Obama is now playing on Dick Cheney's turf.
++Andrew understands President Obama's urge to act, particularly with the war panic of the Beltway punditry and the drumbeats for war by the media. Andrew thought President Obama had courage to resist this and is crushingly disappointed he couldn't .
++Andrew thought of the Obama presidency as a return to normalcy. We would abandon our fixation on terrorism,obtain national health insurance,and do nation-building at home, and setting the country's fiscal house in order for a recovery based on steady growth. Andrew never had any illusions that President Obama was any kind of liberal. Just a sane man in an insane political world.
++Andrew also urges his readers to start insisting that the Senate force President Obama to get legal authority if the war lasts past mid-October. Even if the effort fails, at least it would get the Congresscritters on record whether they support an unintended war or not.
++Andrew Sullivan has had many shows of hysteria over the Obama presidency but has been a steady supporter.
++Do yourself a favor and read Andrew's piece and subscribe to The Dish. He still provides some of the most thoughtful reflections on a day-to-day basis compared to our Beltway Pundits.
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