Liberals are treating Romney’s NAACP speech as suspect. ‘What must be his REAL motive?’ I am not so sure that they’re being disingenuous. It shows so plainly the stark contrast between the many Republicans who make their pitches in hostile territory. Who evangelize, not lecture. Who take voters who disagree with them seriously. Susana Martinez of NM is another who comes to mind. After that I’m sure I could assign a bunch of names.

In contrast. the president can only show a great blank. Obama would never walk into the lion’s den, show respect to an American organization on the other side of the aisle, and make his pitch sincerely, straight, without pandering.

Of course, it may be that it’s impossible to do this if you don’t really have principles and respect for people who differ from you. But I’ll give my president the benefit of the doubt and instead suggest that it might just be laziness or cowardice that prevented him from trying to communicate with about half the country.