ANOTHER RIGGED REPORT – AT 10:25 A.M. ET:  But you may be sure that The New York Times will look the other way.  Obama is rushing to normalize relations with Communist Cuba, getting absolutely nothing in return.

Cuba, though, is balking.  Like any other nation that has observed Obama, it knows that it can easily get concessions out of him.  Cuba is currently on the U.S. list of nations that promote terror.  But just you wait.  From Fox: 

White House officials left open the possibility Tuesday that President Obama could recommend Cuba's removal from a list of state sponsors of terror around the time of the Summit of the Americas later this week in Panama. The officials also sought to soften tensions with Venezuela that threatened to overshadow the summit.

Deputy National Security adviser Benjamin Rhodes said the State Department's review of Cuba's place on that terror list is in "its final stages." While he said the timing is in the hands of Secretary of State John Kerry, he would not rule out an Obama announcement before or during the two-day summit in Panama City.

What a joke.  State will say exactly what Obama wants it to say.

Removing Cuba from the terror list would be one of the biggest developments since Dec. 17, when Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announced they would seek to re-establish diplomatic relations after half a century of antagonism. But Rhodes cautioned that the actual opening of embassies in Havana and in Washington by both countries was still some time off.

"When you have two countries that haven't spoken to each other like this over 50 years, you have lot off issues to work through," Rhodes said in a call previewing Obama's trip to Jamaica and then to the summit in Panama. Obama leaves for the Caribbean on Wednesday.

COMMENT:  The timing will depend on Obama's decision on what will make him look best.  He has, since the election of last November, which removed political constraints on him, moved to establish a dramatic left-wing legacy – recognition of Cuba, contempt for police officers, amnesty for illegals, wrecking our relationship with Israel, and cozying up to the world's greatest sponsor of terror, Iran.  Some legacy.  A nightmare for our children.

April 8, 2015