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As the front-runner he shouldn't seem so peevish about tough questions. But Clinton missed a chance to recover from her Bosnia debacle.
  • Been there done that, been done unto me

    I did not teach at the college level for thirty-four years without learing the myriad ways of young men with "letters."

    Yes, Obama was not expecting the come downs he got.

    And yes, them's the breaks.

    What if a North Korean abassador tells him what he does not want to hear and will not give him waht he wants?

    What if the sumbitches in the Senate will not do right?

    If Obama does not have a poker face and a smooth

    way to interact with his challengers--both foreign and domestic--he has a lot of episodes to face like the one from the last debate.

    It is time--and long past time--for Obama to be tested not only in the heat of debates but in the ruthless and belittleing encounters with the powerful of the world.