START

This guy HERE on the Republicans hemming and hawing about START, which should be a relative non-issue:

The Republicans’ desire to meddle with, or even abort, the Start accord surprised even some cynics. Officials of previous Republican administrations support the deal. Valuable in itself, it is critical to cementing improved relations with Russia. If Mr Obama cannot rely on Congress to back such agreements, his capacity to negotiate abroad is destroyed.

You can't claim 'RACISM!" on everything, but this seems like a good opportunity to wonder if for all our patting ourselves on the back re: America was finally ready for a black president, it never occurred to anybody that maybe Congress wasn't ready for one.