Oh for--WHAT RISK? He´s the worst president ever, and he still got re-elected. There´s no risk. He can do or not do or fail at anything and he´ll still get his 4 more to wreck the country.

"...political fight that could cost the White House valuable goodwill with Republicans."

What valuable goodwill is the WaPo talking about? There is NO goodwill.

Why do we need a Secretary of State or a State Department anymore? I thought Barack was in personal charge of gunrunning and bowing.

There´s no political risk for anything Obama does so this is a stupid,false assumption.His approval is a whopping 51% just after winning re-election,where´s the explanation for that?

Has there even been a story written stating that Obama is a polarizing president even though as least half the country despises his policies?

I know, 4, and I just don´t understand how people can be so stupid.

Among his many qualities, Obama is a thief and "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; "

And the "alternative" is John Kerry, who threw his medals over the fence and testified, falsely as it turns out, about Vietnam atrocities as well as numerous other goodies! Republicans voted in Eric Holder, a man already tagged because of his Janet Reno term, which is why I am getting so disgusted with the Republican party!

Barky needs "Goodwill" like an A-1 M-1 Tank needs a squirt gun.

Blue on Black.

Whisper on a scream.

What´s he risking; his third term?

51% after reelection is hardly whopping. It means no one who didn´t vote for him is willing to give him a second chance. Since a lot of supporters tend to depart in years 5, 6 and 7 of a presidency it also mean there will be am exceptionally long lame duck period.

Gotta keep The Suze on board - - she knows too much.

Same thing applies to dozens of others too. It´s concrete stonewall from here on out. Any little crack will crash the dam.

"Omerta" is the operative word from here on out. Watch for it.

Confront the damn president on his actions/inactions during the siege, forget Rice. Graham and McCain are laughable.

Suzie Rice is in a vise-like bind that she´ll never get out of - - let´s call it a Benghazi Nelson.

But what´s the diff? Almost no one really cares.

#3...nice. My thoughts exactly. This whole thing is such a joke. The second I hear Obambi talk I run for the radio or TV off switch....where is our next Repub leader? Someone should get in front of a microphone and say our dear leader watched Americans die in real time...or PROVE OTHERWISE!

The clintoons want representation in the DOS,and the WH. susan rice was undersecy for African affairs, under SOS Albright.
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"The question is why take the risks. Who owns whom?"

Maybe Rice knows WHY Stevens was in Benghazi in the first place.

Say... How come no one important is asking why he was there in the first place. This crap about Rice, and Patraeus are just distractions from the much worse crimes of the 0bama administration.

That´s the damn trouble; Republican goodwill towards Democrats. Where has the fight for resolution of Fast & Furious gone?
And it seems that the Benghazi furor is dying out. Forget the "goodwill." We don´t want or need it.

Obama ordered the attacks; that´s why he wouln´t send reinforcements. He wanted the attack to succeed to create unrest. His ultimate plan is to create an economic crisis by raising taxes on the rich to the point that they have to close more manufacturing, leading to further unemployment, more handouts, greater debt that we can pay, dismantle the military because we can´t afford it anymore, and then the Chinese and the Russians will come calling to collect, we won´t be able to pay so he will send out the IRS to seize the wealth of the rich and if they resist they will be shot. Ultimately, he declares a national emergency and declares himself President until further notice...remember that he signed over 900 executive orders in his first 4 years to allow everything I just wrote happen legally and we just stood by and let him do it. He isn´t smart enough to figure this out. He had help; Soros and VJ. It scares me to my core when I think of it.

I´d rather have Kerry. At least it would get him out of the Senate. A Republican (Scott Brown) might even take his seat. Also, better to have Kerry at State than at Defense.

Does it really matter who is SOS. I think we have a much bigger problem that everyone is ignoring; a TRAITOR in the WH.

Now we find she and hubby own 600K of the Trans Canada...hmmm. Guess not only the far right is against her?

There is no risk. We will be lucky if he leaves after his second term.