In the Doonesbury cartoon strip for yesterday, Sun 09-26, Gary Trudeau puts words into the mouth of his character 'Ray' that match just how I see President Obama in his role as Commander in Chief:
"Obama's proven himself to be a steady, capable leader during a crisis. He'd use force if necessary, but he'd use it wisely."
In my opinion, those words amount to an endorsement of PBO by Trudeau. If you didn't read the Doonesbury strip yesterday, click on the link above to see the funny context for Ray's opinion, and then see the really funny putdown of Mitt Romney that Trudeau delivers in the last panel of the strip. After this, we definitely know which side Trudeau is on.