Everyone knows that Jim DeMint has extreme views and thinks of Obama in one way.
DeMint has zero credibility.
Matt Lauer set DeMint up with softballs and DeMint answers predictably with one exception. I've noticed that in the past two days, conservative republicans have softened their stance against Obama on this terror issue by saying that everyone is on the same page --NOW -- saying that it took Obama a while to come around.
Yesterday Pete Hoekstra, who recently visited Yemen, said the exact same thing. I think the conservatives are saving face--their own. They realize that Americans don't want national security politicized. We voted down chest thumping and fear mongering and voted for maturity and critical thinking.
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Claire McCaskill on Erroll Southers, who DeMint is trying to block:
