My hunch is that this news will silence most of the grumbling on Capitol Hill about Obama’s actions in Libya — particularly Republican grumbling. Note in particular Obama’s reference to “consequences to the national security interests of the United States.”
It occurred to me earlier today that there’s now a small but real chance that the 2012 campaign will feature Obama taking shots at Republicans from the right on Libya, and Republicans taking shots at Obama from the left on Social Security.
I bet Obama circa 2004 would be surprised by these developments.
