[frogjerk]

Now he looks weak by pussyfooting around an inconsequential issue like this Barry Bonds steroid cheating episode.

How does he look weak here? He congratulated the man and is willing to wait until all of the facts are out.

Either way this is just "journalists" grandstanding once again.

[srmorton]

Had he not congratulated Bonds, he would have been criticized (and probably accused of racism) for that, too.