Why in the face of an attempted terrorist attack is Obama playing Where's Waldo?. Democrats always lose on national security.
Obama and his advisers have completely blown it. Obama should have gotten on Air Force One the moment he knew about the almost downing of the plane. The best case scenario would have been him on camera, in the oval office, looking presidential. He would have seized the high ground and been very hard to beat come 2012. But now he's nowhere to be found and the Republicans and right-wing shock jocks will fill this vacuum. They are going to be everywhere saying how weak Obama is, and how the first attempted terrorist attack happened on his watch.
This almost successful, there but for the grace of a Dutch filmmaker, attack is scary. It is huge and scary. Obama should have been reassuring us from the moment he knew. This is his Katrina moment and like Katrina destroying Bush, this blunder will cost him big. His polls are already sliding and this is only going to make them worse, particularly his job disapproval number.
Instead of being front and center, he's off playing in Hawaii. Instead of a strong looking President, the only picture we have of him is with a lei on. A lei for god's sake. Oh yeah, that plays well. Instead of condemning this act, he's silent. Well silence is not golden in this case.