Republicans tougher on national security?
In the wake of the national security debacle of the Christmas Day attempted bombing of Northwest Flight 253, the Obama administration is being justifiably pummeled — and the Republicans are piling on with zeal.
GOP opinion leaders such as former Vice President Dick Cheney have seized on the attack to question President Barack Obama’s grasp of foreign affairs. Republican Party officials have sent fund-raising appeals that take aim at Mr. Obama’s response to the episode.
The Republicans’ goal, the WSJ reports, is to “regain [their] traditional advantages on security issues.”
Regain it? When have Republicans deserved that reputation? Definitely not during the eight years of George W. Bush.
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