How are they performing?" The failed bomb attack has given the U.S.public a chance to see how the new president responds to a national security threat, says University of Virginia political analyst Larry Sabato.

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

Mr. Blahous is a senior research fellow at George Mason University's Mercatus Center and a public trustee of the Social Security and Medicare programs.

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