OUCH.  Our President allegedly is wishing for the obscurity of Hu Jintao. (Scroll down.)  William Kristol reacts, unfavorably.

Unfortunately for him and us, Barack Obama is president of the United States. That job brings with it certain special responsibilities. It’s a tough job—maybe tougher than being president of China. But Barack Obama ran for president of the United States. Maybe he should start behaving as one.

Perhaps, if presidents worked at scaling back their job descriptions, say, to the responsibilities enumerated in Article II, Sections 1 and 2, of The Constitution, the import of their pronouncements on disaffected citizens of countries in civil disorder would be lessened.

Our President, despite his use of the trappings of Abraham Lincoln to launch his candidacy, takes on more of the aspect of James Buchanan with each day.