Jonathan Cykman: Obama governing from the center

  The surest sign that a Democrat serving as president of the United States is heading for the center of the American political spectrum is when he plays the foreign policy card.

  And President Obama has clearly signaled his intention to govern from the foreign policy center since taking office. The troop surge in Afghanistan, and the renewed relationships with India and Pakistan that enable much more aggressive anti-terrorist activity in that part of the world, both signal that this commander-in-chief is very much taking the fight to those who would do harm to our homeland. Even the recent nuclear arms agreement with the Russians signals that this president intends to exploit the presidential advantage in foreign policy.