During the nearly five years since he was elected, it has been interesting, to say the least, to compare President Obama's approach toward the domestic policy issues that interest him and the style with which he tackles matters of foreign policy. President Obama's approach toward key domestic policy issues has often resembled that of a stereotypical Chicago pol, which it can be argued is exactly what he is. When Democrats controlled both houses of Congress in the initial two years of his first term, he used a my way or the highway style to ram through legislation in those policy areas, including healthcare and financial market regulation, that most interested him. He cared little about consensus or compromise.That approach no longer worke...

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