Go, Obama?
Given Barack Obama's recent gaffes when speaking on foreign policy, Steve Huntley of the Chicago Tribune thinks Republicans might prefer him as the Democratic nominee:
Obama's speech on Thursday was seen as an attempt to recover from those two debate gaffes. But with his attack-terrorists-in-Pakistan stance, he came across as someone trying too hard to make up for a deficiency. That deficiency is, of course, experience -- the issue that has dogged Obama since he announced that after two years in the Senate and eight years in the Illinois Legislature, he was qualified to be president. That inexperience has surfaced most notably in foreign affairs discussions.
The conventional wisdom is that the candidate Republicans want to face is Clinton because of her high negative ratings among voters. But it's likely the GOP is rethinking that notion with Clinton blossoming as a candidate.
I'm guessing some Republicans might be thinking the GOP would be better off with Obama as the Democratic nominee so they could ask voters if they want someone with his inexperience in foreign affairs and tone-deaf statements in charge of defending the country.
He's certainly shown he's not ready for prime-time and, in an era when the world is growing increasingly dangerous, I think more and more Americans are seeing it.
(hat tip: PJM)
LINKS: Roger L. Simon and Neo-Neocon think Obama is in over his head, while Former Spook is unimpressed at best with the would-be commander-in-chief's understanding of American nuclear policy.
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