Where's the outrage, America?

On Time magazine’s The Page, Mark Halperin compiled a list of things Obama had done that “Clinton would have gotten hammered for,” including the new Cuba policy and meeting with the Dead.

Beyond the move toward a new middle — one closer to the center-left — the sound of silence also reflects the times in which Obama is governing, where the challenges are more tangible and urgent…

“He has the benefit of nobody paying attention to anything but the economy,” said Stuart Stevens, a longtime GOP strategist and author. “You have the economic equivalent of the country being at war. Nobody on Sept. 20, 2001, was particularly focused on cultural issues, either.”…

Alex Castellanos, a veteran GOP ad man, said the once-reliable wedge issues Republicans relied on simply don’t have the same impact anymore.

“The foundation of the new Republican house is not going to be built on the cultural war,” Castellanos said.