America may not be as aggressive as it has been in the recent past, but Obama's record -- the surfeit of caution regarding Syria aside -- suggests it would be a fatal error to test this cool hand in the White House.

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"Pretty damn cool to say that a VP candidate was raging in the same fraternity house as me 20 years ago, " tweeted one Miami undergrad Saturday when Romney announced his pick.

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Although they now have a friend in the White House, the cold economy and cold winter will cool public ardor for global warming initiatives.

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