Obama is on top on foreign policy issues, but unfortunately Americans don't care

This is the first presidential election in many decades, I
think, in which the Democrats have the upper hand in foreign policy and
national security. I have only dim memories of the 1964 campaign, but I recalls
Lyndon Johnson having an advantage over Barry Goldwater in that area. Hard to
remember that now, in light of how badly LBJ handled the Vietnam War in the
following four years.

Ironically, Obama is likely only to get a small boost in votes
for this, because -- just a bit more than a decade after 9/11 -- Americans frankly
don't give a damn about foreign policy, Scarlett. By a 81 to 9
percent margin, they care more about the economy. (Hey, imagine if we still
had all the money spent on the Iraq war to spend on domestic infrastructure,
which is crumbling…)