…and it didn’t take long for them to come out swinging.  The funny part is to imagine how much flak he would be getting if the letter/offer to Medvedev were actually successful.  From the incomparably moderate and measured minds at FOX News:

BRET BAIER, HOST: What is that gesture? They’re talking about a not-so-secret letter now from President Obama to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in which the U.S. would essentially abandon ballistic missile sites in Poland and the Czech Republic in return for Russia’s effort to get Iran to abandon its apparent pursuit of nuclear weapons. What about this? Let’s bring in our panel: Juan Williams, senior correspondent of National Public Radio, Nina Easton, Washington bureau chief of Fortune Magazine, and syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer. Charles, you’re take?