For the most part this space addresses national issues only when we suspect they are starting to affect how Georgia voters think about their elected officials here at home. That’s probably the case with President Obama’s foreign policy hits of late. Not just the Russian takeover of Ukraine, but also problems over the last week with Iranian arms shipments and more Chinese and North Korean saber-rattling. If the White House proceeds apace with planned huge defense cuts, a retrenchment into their ‘weak on defense’ policies could spell defeat – and a Republican Congress for Obama’s final two years in office. DRIFTING.