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I might have taken Chris Muir’s excellent cartoon series out of order but here is Saturday’s cartoon that I missed.

Iran and citizen protests over a stolen election certainly are derailing President Obama’s agenda.

The tumultuous aftermath of Iran’s presidential election more than a week ago has complicated the president’s plans to engage Tehran in a quest for a “grand bargain” to stop the Islamic Republic’s pursuit of a nuclear weapon.

On Sunday, Iran’s government announced that five members of former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s family have been arrested, suggesting a rift among Iran’s theocratic rulers, although state media later said they were released. The government also said at least 10 people were killed and 100 injured in clashes between demonstrators and police.

Domestically, Mr. Obama’s massive health care reform effort has run into roadblocks on Capitol Hill. The reason: Lawmakers are worried about voting for legislation that could get them tossed out of office in 2010.

You see, Obama has been skating by with teleprompter speeches and “straddling” the fence positions on everything from Guantanamo Bay, Gay Rights to foreign policy. Now, with Hillary Clinton laid up with an injury, Obama might actually have to conduct his own foreign policy with Iran AND take responsibility for it.

Last week was not a good one for the President as he has sunk in the polls.

Will he be able to recover or is the honeymoon indeed over?

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