One ounce of faint support for Palestinian rights, then AIPAC grumbles, then they snap right back into the same, sad dogma that has been a part of American politics for 60 years now. A remarkably similar thing happens in regards to the Cuban embargo and the Floria exile community, although that is finally starting to crack a small bit.

For once though, this isn't something to lay on Obama alone. They all do it, Republican and Democrat alike.