OBAMA PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK ON LIBYA: “President Obama has been largely missing in action of late, ducking direct comments on Libya and issuing a statement only after the extension of the continuing resolution was passed. . . . Ever since the lame-duck session and the much-praised speech at the Arizona memorial service, the White House has been adrift. A boring State of the Union address, a status quo budget, a muddled approach to the Middle East and some partisan jabbing (e.g. on Romneycare, on Wisconsin) are about all we’ve seen. Staff changes at the White House were supposed to usher in a more competent and politically moderate administration. It hasn’t happened.”