The focus of tonight's GOP presidential debate in Spartanburg, South Carolina will be foreign policy and national security. In preparation, the mainstream media is asking the obvious questions: Will Rick Perry "step in it" again? Does Herman Cain know who the president of "Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan" is? How many times will Jon Huntsman remind the audience he has lived overseas? But the more important (and interesting) question that could be answered tonight is: Can former Senator Rick Santorum turn his eight years on the Senate Armed Services Committee and his real world foreign policy experience into serious consideration from Republican primary voters?

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President Obama addressed the nation again Thursday regarding the Christmas Day terrorist attack on Flight 253. He made the speech under the guise that he had new information to share: supposedly the results of reviews and announcements of new strategies. Of course there was no such new information. As with every public statement (or lack thereof) since the attack occurred, he just keeps trying new rhetoric in a desperate struggle to hopefully stumble on the right approach. He came close today with the following:

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In the past few months former Vice President Dick Cheney has become a major voice of the opposition to President Obama's policies. Most often on national security but also on the economy and other important issues, Mr. Cheney has defended the Bush administration, criticized the Obama administration and put forth ideas that he believes are best for the country.

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Yesterday President Obama delivered a speech that was supposed to sell his ideas on national security to the nation. He spoke at the National Archives where the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were merely props for his latest performance and his famous oratory skills were well suited to echo throughout the majestic hall. But the speech itself was not worthy of the stage - non-specific promises, incessant blaming of the previous administration and narcissistic tangents about his own life. In short, it was the kind of speech we have come to expect from this president.

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Just in case anyone is stll unconvinced we've gone through the looking glass, a member of the United States House of Representatives found it necessary to introduce a bill prohibiting Guantanamo detainees from receiving federal benefits should they be released into the United States.

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