Another Obama Switcheroo

To the long list of issues on which Barack Obama took one stance during the presidential campaign and has taken another as President -- a tax on expensive health insurance policies, an individual mandate to buy health insurance, the role of Zbigniew Brzezinski, and, if the leaks from the deficit reduction commission about a Value Added Tax are to be believed, no tax increases on Americans earning less than $250,000 -- New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof would add Sudan and Darfur policy: "Until he reached the White House, Barack Obama repeatedly insisted that the United States apply more pressure on Sudan so as to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe in Darfur and elsewhere. Yet, as president, Mr. Obama and his aides have caved, leaving Sudan gloating at American weakness."