GUESS WHO'S COMING FOR DINNER, OR A SNACK? – AT 7:07 A.M. ET:  Much buzz this morning over the sudden invitation issued by President Obama to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit the White House next week.

Netanyahu was already scheduled to visit France and Canada, and now will detour to Washington. 

Now, the reason for the invite is perfectly clear.  Obama made a fool of himself recently by mistreating Netanyahu when the PM visited Washington, apparently browbeating him, then abandoning him and his staff while The One dined with The First One in the White House living quarters.

But Obama has invited the Palestinian almost prime minister to the White House for later in June.  He'll want to put on a good show for the Muslim world and the sympathetic American left.  There'll be photo ops, maybe a join press conference.  But he can't do that without memories of Netanyahu's last visit surfacing among Israel supporters.  So he's asked the Israeli leader for a do-over.  You can be sure the charm will flow next week as Obama tries to rehabilitate himself.  Much talk of the "unshakeable" bond between the U.S. and Israel.  Maybe a defense deal.

And it will mean nothing.

May 26, 2010