More important, the absence of a contentious Netanyahu-Obama relationship will deny Republicans an easy target in mid-term elections. (Such low-hanging fruit has been increasingly scarce for the Republican Party, which is beleaguered by the perception that it has been hijacked by its most extreme elements.)
这一战略已经奏效。内塔尼亚胡为2010年以色列突击队突袭加沙边境土耳其船只向土耳其致歉，这称得上是奥巴马的一次重大外交胜利。更重要的是，内塔尼亚胡-奥巴马关系的无分歧局面消灭了中期选举中共和党的一大发难目标。（对共和党来说，如此良机正变得越来越少，共和党越来越感到被其最极端元素绑架了。）