When I first commented on the UAE deal to acquire P&O and run operations at six American ports, I felt like the proverbial voice in the wilderness. The overwhelming consensus was that the deal was bad politics and that it should be dumped.

Now I'm noticing more an more "opinion leaders" takeing a side or a second look.

Charles Krauthammer, who initially condemned the deal in his column, was down right concilatory today on Brit Hume's show.

Glenn Reynolds has come around:

I will admit that my knee jerked on hearing this story, and that I should have waited to learn more before offering an opinion. In my defense, I'll note that I gathered more information and changed my mind. Still, mea culpa.

But (and this is a separate point from the merits of the decision, or of my take thereon) it wasn't just me -- there were an awful lot of knees jerking on this decision, and the White House, or somebody, should have foreseen that. That doesn't get me off the hook, of course, but it doesn't reflect well on them, either.

What's more, this issue resonates so much because there is a huge amount of dissatisfaction out there regarding the Administration's position on border control and homeland security. That's certainly something they should know about, and that made this problem even more predictable.

No knee-jerking here at UNCoRRELATED...bad knees.