Is outreach possible? By Lawrence Swaim, Columnist You have to feel sorry for Barack Obama. His advisers decided long ago to play it safe where the Middle East is concerned, positioning their campaign in a never-never land of rightwing Zionism so extreme that even the Likudniks were embarrassed. The reasons are obvious: the campaign is beset by rumors that Obama was a Muslim, and a secret Muslim at that. So what kind of political shorthand do you use to blot out that image in the collective... read more
