RSS Feeds  Analysis: Obama tested by events outside control
Tuesday - 3/13/2012, 9:58am  ET  AP White House Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) - This is the economy election, right? Tell that
to the world.  President Barack Obama is getting another dose of
the reality of his job: the out-of-his-control events that shape
whether he will keep it.  He is lobbying Israel not to launch on
attack on Iran that could set the Middle East on fire and pull
the United States into another war. He is struggling to get
world powers to unite on halting a massacre in Syria. He is on
the defensive about staying in Afghanistan after a U.S. soldier
allegedly went on a killing spree against civilians.  And back
home, where the economy is king, everyone is talking about the
price of gasoline. Which, as Obama can't say enough, no one can
control right now.  The Republican presidential candidates don't
have to worry as much about all this because they don't have the
responsibility of governing _ a luxury Obama likes to note,
although h