By Andrew L. Jaffee

The Washington Post reported on “Obama’s penchant while serving in the Illinois legislature for merely voting ‘present’ when faced with some tough issues.” He shows no sign of clarifying what he stands for, most recently regarding Tibet and the Olympics:

… Sen. Barack Obama has said he is torn in his views on the issue.

“I’m of two minds about this,” said the Illinois senator in a CBS interview last week. “On the one hand, I think that what’s happened in Tibet, [and] China’s support of the Sudanese government in Darfur, is a real problem.”

But, he added, “I’m hesitant to make the Olympics a site of political protest because I think it’s partly about bringing the world together.” …

A definite maybe for U.S. foreign policy?