Obama - giving credit where credit is due
I am often critical of this President and his administration, most notably on educational policy.
But I also believe in giving credit where it is deserved.
My immediate reaction a week ago is that he and his administration did a remarkable job of keeping the operation against Bin Laden closely held. Here I cannot help but remember someone in the Bush administration who bragged - I think it was to the Wall Street Journal - that they could track Bin Laden by his satellite phone, which of course was then promptly turned off.
Obama knew there were risks, considered them, gave people on his team a chance to express them and thereby improve the overall plan.
When Steve Croft tried to push him in particular directions, he was able to respond in a way that demonstrated considered judgment, a reasonableness of temperament that one would want in a leader making critical decisions. He also did not find it necessary to
