Obama Leading His Party from Behind

Carol Platt Liebau

9/5/2012 9:40:37 PM - Carol Platt Liebau
Spinning like a Prius stuck in the mud, Obama campaign officials have tried to imply that language invoking God and defining Jerusalem as Israel's capitol was reinserted into the Democratic platform as a result of presidential leadership:


Obviously, readers are supposed to infer that the president was unaware of the deletion of God and other language pertaining to Israel -- but then insisted upon them being re-inserted when he learned about it.

Not so fast, though.  As it turns out, Obama had seen the new platform language prior to the convention -- and only sought the changes imposed today when it became politically risky to proceed with the platform he had already approved.  

What a profile in courage. How typical: President Obama, leading his party from behind.