The recent events in Baltimore have given the media a chance to pick up right where they left off in Ferguson.  They have wasted no time in doing that, but these riots have also given President Obama an opportunity to redeem himself from his poor showing during the aftermath of the Ferguson tragedy.  He started off the day pretty well, denounced the violence but qualified it with his usual premise that the protestors had a right to be mad which was expected.  However, it was too good to be true, he managed to slip in a completely unwarranted smear against Republicans that again calls into question his credibility on issues like this.

Obama couldn’t resist the temptation to blame Republicans for the problems in Baltimore.  During his response he commented that he was, “under no illusion that under this Congress we’re going to get massive investments in urban communities.”  The…