… As recently as 2003, Democrats trailed Republicans by 29 percentage points on which party voters trusted more on national security. But on Election Day this year, voters trusted Obama and his challenger, Mitt Romney, equally on national security — and they trusted the president 11 points more on the broader category of international affairs. This represents a historic turnaround. …
Now the question is: Can Obama and his party retain that national security edge in the face of old doubts about the party and new global challenges? [cont.]
Matt Bennett, Third Way, & Jeremy Rosner, Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (Foreign Policy)