Apparently when a YKos attendee asked Barack Obama whether he was tough enough to be President, Obama replied, “Welcome to Chicago,” which is as polite a way of making the point as I can think of.
Looks as if he’s a pretty good counterpuncher,too. At the AFL-CIO forum — not his natural center of strength — Obama defended himself on foreign policy and drew loud cheers as HRC, attacking him, drew boos.
Footnote Speaking of “irresponsibility,” I wonder of Obama’s critics, both Red and Blue, would think for a moment about the real-world consequences of mischaraterizing his pledge to strike at al-Qaeda as a plan to “invade Pakistan.” As Chris Dodd said, words have consequences.
