Want more evidence that the White House is in it's own little cocoon? Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz is defending the president going golfing minutes after his statement on the Foley execution. Even liberals are piling on Obama for disrespecting the Foleys and the country. But for the White House, golging helps clear the president's head. Politico: While principal deputy press secretary Eric Schultz declined “to get into the mind-set” of the president’s golf habit, he offered that “sports and leisure activities are a good release and clearing of the mind.” Obama is at the tail end of a two-week vacation on Martha’s Vineyard — punctuated by a two-day return to Washington earlier this week — and is set to return to the White House on Sunday. He is facing criticism for appearing insensitive for following up his Wednesday statement on Foley and the threat that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant poses to the United...(Read Full Post)