Why would you think they were threatened?
Seems to me that DeMint is simply being an honest politician rather than a self-serving one....and one who apparently has a grasp on Sun Tzu.
Unlike the self-serving democrats for whom everything is a political opportunity to beat an adversary over the head with forever and ever, decent and effective stewards of the public trust are primarily concerned with getting results that benefit America. Tactics to accomplish that include strategic applications of graciousness and civility—however much it might gag them. DeMint’s attaboy points up the fact that the administration realized and acknowledged their laxness and error. Conservatives were right all along and democrats weren’t. The administration’s johnny-come-lately hop onto the national security bandwagon is a pretty stark admission of that.
We all know that the administration’s tough talk and tardy
announcement of various new measures were done for purely political reasons. So does DeMint. If it could have, the administration would have stuck with the lone extremist/the system worked spin. This is all an obvious PR move, intended only to shore up Obama’s tanking image. But so what? The point is, essential steps are starting. America might be a scintilla safer because Axelrod and Emanuel perceive a temporary polling benefit. It’s a start.
Charity. I do not see that Øbama is doing anything different in his response to the Dec 25th incident. Yet, according to this article, DeMint and Hoekstra are saying that he's doing the right thing now.
In post #19, I asked, so what is Øbama doing differently now than before?
If Ø is doing something different now than before, I would appreciate somebody letting me know (because I sure don't see it).
If not, there has got to be some reason for these two, who have never been shy about criticizing Ø, to change their minds. It could be that they're flopping in the wind (doing the RINO shuffle)...it could be something else...or it could be that they have been blackmailed.
Please enlighten me if Ø has done something that is not aimed at the destruction of the country. I sure haven't seen it.