The Obama Myth: One President at a Time

While many news outlets are lamenting Obama's silence over the bombardment of Gaza, at the same time they are complicit in asserting that there is only one President of the United States at any given moment.

We can clearly remember, however, a time when both John McCain and Barack Obama made public pronouncements about the Russia-Georgia conflct even prior to the White House. Additionally, Obama has made several speeches and announcements regarding financial/economic matters. Who is meant to be naive, the people or the Obama team, in believing that somehow the economy is domestic policy? How many times have we heard – quite rightfully so – that the economy and national security, particularly when it comes to "energy independence" (buzzword of the election cycle), are intertwined?

The fact of the matter is that Gaza is as much a domestic crisis as the financial crisis. America's unwavering support of a foreign government, Israel, has had consequences in the wars it is currently embroiled in, and if subjecting troops to a quagmire is not a domestic crisis, I'm not sure what is. After all, all politics is local.