An act of self preservation

Seeking to survive this president, Democrats begin breaking from Obama's position on Iran and it's drive to acquire nuclear arms.  Even the densest Dem realizes that an Iran armed with nuclear weapons will likely use that weapon, but no matter if they do or not,  the fault will be laid directly at the feet of President Obama, the head of their party.

"The Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and his GOP co-sponsor of legislation to keep the heat on Iran vowed to “act decisively” against any administration deal that doesn’t kill the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program."

"Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), whose legislation includes strict guidance for the compliance necessary to ease sanctions, said in a joint statement today “a good deal will dismantle, not just stall, Iran’s illicit nuclear program and prevent Iran from ever becoming a threshold nuclear weapons state.”

Menendez is no lover of Republicans.  His aim here is to stop a disastrously bad deal that the administration is doing their best to negotiate.

We are likely to see more of this as the chit continues to hit the fan.