When the GOP presidential debate drama resumes tomorrow night in Arizona, prepare to hear what you've always heard during these forums — a lot of Barack Obama bashing.
With the country still in one of its weakest positions economically in decades (though there have been incremental improvements in recent months), Obama should be vulnerable this election year, unless the Republicans nominate a general election candidate who is unacceptable to the masses.
But while there are definitely issues to criticize on foreign policy, most of the passionate disagreements on that front come from fellow Democrats, unhappy that Obama's stance on terrorism is too close for comfort to the policies of one George W. Bush.
Which is why Mitt Romney's criticism of Obama for being willing to negoiate with the Taliban seems so phony. One of Romney's biggest supporters in Congress, Arizona's John McCain, told ABC's Jake Tapper on Sunday morning's This Week program that he agreed with Obama that negotiations are important.
This article appears in Feb 16-22, 2012.