“President-elect Obama is closely monitoring global events, including the situation in Gaza, but there is one president at a time,” said Brooke Anderson, Mr. Obama’s chief national security spokesperson.”

Obama has been doing a lot of “monitoring” lately, hasn’t he? I guess he plans to be our first “Monitor-in-Chief.” Being a “monitor” is fun, because it lets you pretend–and leaves the perception–that you’re actually making decisions and taking action. It’s a perfect role for a man who has always viewed “process” as an end in itself. A Eurocrat with nukes.

Too bad for Obama that, sooner rather than later, he’ll encounter a situation that he won’t be able to “monitor”–and then we’ll get the real measure of the man, won’t we?