My own $0.02 on this whole UAE/ports thing...

On the one hand, leave it to the right to jump all over the racist card on this game. The Arabic race-baiting I've seen over the last few days is rather getting under my skin.

But on a purely cynical note, I have to point out that this issue is tailor-made for the Dems. Simple party line:

1. Acknowledge that yes, it is incredibly racist the way everyone jumps all over this because it's the UAE--the idea that Arabs should not be allowed equal footing with anyone else in this regard.

2. Also acknowledge that perhaps, if the administration took national security the least bit seriously, it wouldn't be outsourcing it in the first place, much less outsourcing it to entities wholly-owned by foreign nations. Because that's still stretching it.