Someone needs to let Politico's Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen know that we held an election last November -- maybe then they'll think twice before equating Dick Cheney with Barack Obama.
President Barack Obama will attempt to regain control of a boiling debate over anti-terrorism policy with a major speech on Thursday — an address that comes on the same day that former Vice President Dick Cheney will be weighing in with his own speech on the same theme. [...]
The national security debate — egged on by frequent charges from Cheney that Obama is leaving the country more vulnerable to attack — is the only subject on which many Republicans believe they have been able to gain traction against a popular president and the Democratic majority that now dominate Washington.
Well, if "many Republicans" believe it, it must be worth repeating ... it's right up there with "some say" on the newsworthy scale. Reality, on the other hand, says:
By nearly a 2 to 1 margin, Americans say that President Obama is doing better, not worse, than his predecessor, George W. Bush, when it comes to national security.
But sure, let's pretend this is some sort of face-off between equals; the President of the United States delivering a major policy address versus the most unpopular former Vice President in history promoting his failed policies to a roomful of acolytes at a conservative think tank luncheon.