While enjoying the comforts of home on Pennsylvania Avenue, President Obama waxed poetic about the greatness of the American people in a cover story essay on the Haitian crisis in Newsweek.   When we show not just our power, but also our compassion, the world looks to us with a mixture of awe and admiration. That advances our leadership. That shows the character of our country. The tragedy in Haiti must be awakening suppressed feelings of compassion in the president.  His flat affect after the Fort Hood massacre, and the Lakeland, Washington murders, showed his inability to empathize with others.  Yet, he has somehow transformed overnight and become a leader of America the Great. And so the United States of America will lead the world in this humanitarian endeavor. That has been our history, and that is how we will answer the challenge before us. Excuse me?  This is an about face.  Back in April, Nicolle Wallace of the Daily Beast wrote about...(Read Full Post)