Cheney Knows How to Push Obama's Buttons

It's so predictable. Dick Cheney gives a speech and the White House reflexively fires back:

In fairness, Dick Cheney totally started it. But like our mom used to say, "Then you be the one who stops it!"

Last night in a speech to the Center for Security Policy, the former vice president called out President Obama for being "afraid" to make a decision on troop levels in Afghanistan.

"The White House must stop dithering while America's armed forces are in danger," Cheney told the conservative gathering. "Make no mistake, signals of indecision out of Washington hurt our allies and embolden our adversaries."

Sounds familiar. What's suprising is not so much the vim with which the former vice president repeatedly goes after the Obama administration -- but how reliably the Obama administration responds. Has no one heard of a dignified silence? Oh, wait. This is Washington. Never mind.

Cheney can knock the White House off message so easy it's almost funny. Just when they were desperately trying to marginalize Fox News along comes the former Vice President and their efforts get completely sidetracked.

Cheney must really enjoy this.