If Everyone Is Looking at the Economy, Watch Foreign Policy

• By Stuart Rothenberg
• Roll Call Contributing Writer
• Nov. 23, 2009, Midnight

It was more than 10 months ago (Jan. 6, It May Not Be the Economy, Stupid, in the End) that I wrote in this space that, despite the nation’s focus on the economy and multiple assessments that Barack Obama’s presidency would depend on his actions on the economy during the first 100 days, the president’s ultimate standing might turn on international issues.