I don't know it came across as Bachmann praising Obama as being intelligent and thoughtful.

Carter praised Obama for his recent speech in Cairo but stopped short of agreeing with those who claimed it had helped March 14 win the election.

Democratic Senator Bill Nelson, also of Florida, praised Obama for "bringing us out of recession with jobs, helping small business, helping seniors with retirement security, getting government spending under control.

Other Republican and conservative commentators also praised Obama in a rare outbreak of bipartisanship.

The Republicans who are currently praising Obama are wolves in sheepskin, and Obama himself, with his appeal to transcending partisanship, is the little lamb that never smelled the blood of the slaughterhouse and won't know what's happening until the knife is at his throat.

The Arabic newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat carried an editorial praising Obama for not mentioning the word Islam in connection with Shahzad.

An editorial in Russia's Vedomosti business daily did not praise Obama, but focused instead on America's ability to elect a black man in contrast with Russia's inability to elect someone from an ethnic minority.

Since then, however, bartcop has reversed course, praising Obama for how he's handled attacks coming from the right:

Would-be Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry praised Obama and the US military for the death of "American-raised al Qaida leader."