An Obama mistake to skip stiff G20 summit?

I think it’s a big mistake for Obama to skip this weekend’s G20 summit. His presence there would in no way signify we have two presidents at one time.

Instead, his absence leaves the rest of the developed world and upper-tier developing world listless.

I think it’s obvious that the real reason Obama is skipping out is he doesn’t want to tie his hands with even the most general of global economic comments; I didn’t need the reporter in the story to tell me that.

Flip side is that the “boldness” the rest of the world thought they might see, including foreign leaders? Not so much.

At the same time, this shows the weakness of the American political system. A new British or Canadian prime minister would have no choice but to be involved.