Was it really only a few months ago when President Barack Obama seemed suddenly to have matured into an authentic national leader by virtue of his steely decision-making in the hours leading up to the Navy SEAL raid that took out Osama bin Laden? At what will likely be viewed as the high point of his presidency, Obama looked like a formidable candidate for a second term. But then came the debt-ceiling crisis, and the president’s approval rating has now sunk to a new low. Read More