Failure to Lead

Failure to Lead

Take President Obama’s poor timing in response to a failed terrorist attack on a U.S. jetliner, add the politicization of that event by his surrogates and a ridiculous message by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, and what do you get?

A complete failure when it comes to a commander-in-chief’s most important job: Protecting Americans from harm.

“It was arrogant and stupid,” one Democrat strategist, who supported Obama the candidate, admits privately.

“The president needed to set the initial tone on a matter of such importance,” said Mark...