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Richard Haass is the quintessential member of the foreign policy establishment. Long-time President of the Council on Foreign Relations, Haass has served in Republican and Democrat administrations and advised candidates from both parties. In this election, he has been very critical of Donald Trump. So no taint of partisanship can be applied to the normally mild-mannered Haass’ scathing comments on today’s Morning Joe about President Obama’s UN speech of yesterday. After calling the speech a “major disappointment,” Haass unleashed the unkindest cut, saying of Obama’s detached attitude to the crises of the day “this is not the faculty lounge.” Ouch....

... TED CRUZ: You have to understand the radical that is President Obama... he was four years ahead of me at Harvard Law School... I have described President Obama as the perfect Harvard Law School President, and I don't mean that as a compliment... Every position of the Obama administration is orthodox wisdom in the Harvard Law School faculty lounge... That is what manifested in President Obama saying we should lead from behind, He believes the world is better off when America recedes from the world, and doesn't lead, because our leadership is illegitimate. If you look what Obama has...