That was very good, and I especially appreciate it as a "foreigner" intimately aware of our politics here. Obama is a petulant, spoiled child of a community organizer (I know that's overused, but remains true) that only knows an "in your face" reaction to anything that requires a well considered appreciation of an opposing viewpoint. We see that all the time here on DP. The question ultimately becomes that in which one must consider whether stomping out all opposition to the president's view is moving the nation forward, or destroying all that makes the nation a vibrant seat of democracy and free-thinking. I maintain the latter is the true reflection of the left's approach here, and it's self-destructive even though they fail to appreciate the damage they're wreaking - on themselves as well as that which they claim to despise.
There will be a reaction from the WH simply because they are inextricably tied to Clinton's State Department. Obama will not be able to help himself in that regard, although it's clear that he'd prefer someone other than Clinton to bear the left's standard. How he splits the middle of the goat will be interesting, and the republicans ought to be aware that such a thing is precisely what he'll want to do. He'll need Valerie Jarrett and David Axlerod as handlers to keep him in check - to keep him from his normal reaction. I don't think those people, and I don't mean to be all-inclusive there, will be able to do that. I think he'll not be able to keep himself from "breaking bad" when the real pressure comes to bear. It'll tell on him to entire nation.
What Obama does or doesn't do with this will be interesting. I have not abandoned the theory that the White House is aiding this scandal. Right now, clearly, they are sitting on it, waiting, which is the smart strategy.
I don't think Obama has handlers in the traditional sense. Jarret and co., are errand people, they carry the bags and throw the snowballs. Obama is not the kind of guy who wants a differing opinion around, someone who might rattle the over-sized confidence he has in himself.
It has always been so, with the left, that opposing opinions are not allowed. There is no greater group of people who interpret freedom of expression, which is what we have here, means you can say anything you like so long as we agree with it. University campuses, which should be the center of freedom of expression are now places of freedom of expression of their ideas. Try to put up a poster of an unborn fetus on a campus anywhere in North America. They cannot comprehend the leftist ideology of the 18th century, the then "liberal" concept of "I may not necessarily agree with what you say,. but I will defend to my death your right to say it." [Now attributed to an American, although it was a French philosopher of the left at that time.
They then sneer at the constitution, it's old, the founding fathers could not have foreseen.....which is why they made an amending formula, but that's a mere detail. What they don't see with the "Bush did it to" excuse, or the arguments of mitigation, is that it might be to their advantage today, but tomorrow when the other side is calling the shots, they will scream "tyranny" and be correct, tyranny they brought to the fore.
Having had the benefit of a US education though high school, and a good one then, and watching Canada muddle through its own constitution and a "Charter of Rights and Freedoms" the view from here is different. I see Canada becoming the world leader in freedoms, while Americans surrenders theirs with relish. The right has insisted on draconian laws to fight "terrorism" and ripped away most of your freedoms. Obama rules by decree and the left cheers him on, it's justified in reaching that all important "agenda" that keeps changing. So from both sides, the erosion occurs and no one notices. A foreign leader is INVITED to speak, and his integrity and his nation are attacked viciously because he dared have an opinion, slightly different than Obama. How then is say a college senior able to question him, or other politicians; they have been made into not only "enemies" but enemies out to destroy America.
They will howl like crazy and run for the border as they did during Vietnam, when another Nixon strolls into the White House, pronounces Democrats as "enemies", and saying "Obama did it too" order IRS audits of every registered Democrat in the country.
By then I hope will have sealed the border.