OBAMA AND IRAN – AT 11:08 A.M. ET:  We've seen the worst of Obama this week in his petty, adolescent handling of the election of Bibi Netanyahu.  But maybe Obama has just begun.  A possible nuclear agreement with Iran looms, and Obama is going against the feelings of the American people, as if he cares.  From National Journal:   

Throughout the contentious debate between the White House and Congress over the Iran nuclear negotiations, one important piece of the equation has been largely overlooked: American public opinion. If voters were confident that President Obama was striking a good deal with Iran that would prevent Tehran from getting nuclear weapons, he'd have little trouble getting support from the legislative branch.

But the reason the president is facing such bipartisan backlash is that an overwhelming number of voters are deeply worried about the direction of the negotiations. Think about how rare, in these polarized times, mobilizing a veto-proof majority of congressional Republicans and Democrats is for any significant legislation. Yet despite all the distractions, Congress is close to achieving that goal: requiring the administration to go to Congress for approval of any deal.

The administration is so focused on process and protocol in attacking the opposition because it's a useful distraction from how unpopular the administration's eagerness to strike any deal with Iran has become.

Consider the polling: In this month's NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, 71 percent of respondents said they believed a deal would not prevent the Iranians from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Earlier in March, a Fox News poll found that a 57 percent majority believed the U.S. wasn't being "aggressive enough" in preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear program, while nearly two-thirds supported military action as a last resort. In a February Gallup Poll, 77 percent of Americans said they believed Iran's development of nuclear weapons posed a "critical threat" to the United States.

COMMENT:  It's possible the nuclear negotiations will fall apart.  If they don't, any agreement is unlikely to be in our interests.  Obama will have to defend the pact, and he will have most of Congress immediately against him.

That could be a critical moment.  If we hang together, we can put some restraints on this dangerous president.

March 20, 2015