byron york and karin tum pelty and steve hayes. how s the president doing politically with this issue in. you know, i think initially, when all of this first started to happen, the i sensed the president wasn t in much trouble because the media was so focused on mitt romney and the fact he had issued a paper statement and had the press conference. the news overwhelmingly focusing on mitt romney, both the newspapers and the broadcast networks. the broadcast networks, according to one count had a 20-1 ratio of news on mitt romney and his statement, relative to the substance of what was happening. so i think the president got a break. but now you are starting to see what i think are the real and relevant questions what led to this? why didn t we have more security at the embassies? all the questions that the president will have to answer. i don t think we are there yet. i think we are still in the the political scientist call the rally around the flag phase.