President Obama backs off his statement that Egypt is no longer an ally (political translation): Mr. Obama needs to determine which position helps him the most politically in the up coming election.

Maybe next time Barack Obama can check with Joe "The Intellectual" Biden first!  Sounds like President Obama was the one shooting from the hip!

As NRO's Corner reported: In an interview yesterday with Telemundo, President Obama responded to a question about whether he considers Egypt an ally. He explained, “I don’t think that we would consider them an ally, but we don’t consider them an enemy. They’re a new government that is trying to find its way.”

There has got to be a way to blame Romney or Bush for this...

Apparently today, President Obama did not like the way that statement was playing out so the White House offered this clarification: President Barack Obama didn't intend to signal any change in the U.S.-Egypt relationship last night when he said Egypt is not an "ally," the White House told The Cable today.

Barack Obama is the guy who is such an expert on foreign policy?  There was an attack on the U.S. Benghazi consulate in June and no security upgrades were implemented.    Obama does not seem that popular with the mobs that attacked Americans. The buck stops with President Obama:  President Obama has grossly underestimated the danger of this and as a result four Americans were brutally murdered.  Nancy Pelosi confirmed that she will support sending $1.5 billion in foreign aid to Egypt.  So exactly what did we gain with the Arab Spring? And the media is going after Mitt Romney? Why?

Update:
John Podhoretz on the Media and Mitt Romney...
What the White House said also makes no sense since Egypt is in fact a Non-NATO ally:

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

GAFFE: Obama Shoots First, Aims Later: White House clarifies Obama’s statement that Egypt is not an ‘ally.’“President Barack Obama didn’t intend to signal any change in the U.S.-Egypt relationship last night when he said Egypt is not an ‘ally,’ the White House told The Cable today. . . . That comment had Egypt watchers scratching their heads, especially since technically, Egypt was designated as a Major Non-NATO Ally in 1989 when Congress first passed the law creating that status, which gives them special privileges in cooperating with the United States, especially in the security and technology areas.”
They’re scratching their heads, Obama’s in over his head. This must be more of that “smart diplomacy” we were promised.

Posted by Glenn Reynolds at 2:21 pm

Driscoll and Levin:  Are all media all MSNBC all the time now?  Are all the media outlets in the bag for Obama?