1.0link102212<![CDATA[Analysis: Obama reacts fast to Bush on diplomacy]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/16/analysis-obama-reacts-fas_n_102212.htmlWASHINGTON — In President Bush's hint that Barack Obama wants to appease terrorists, Democrats heard troubling echoes of 2004, when Republicans portrayed John Kerry as irresolute and weak on national security.
Determined to end the similarities there, Obama and his allies counterattacked Friday with a multi-pronged response that was as fast and fierce as Kerry's response to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ads was slow and uncertain.