Delayed Office of Faith and Neighborhood Policies

Mark Silk believes Barack Obama was sidetracked by something along the way to implementing his Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (OFANP) promises. Something like the complexity of the governing law, division among religious groups and [yes] the economy.

So, Silk concludes:

President Obama rushed the promised office into place in time for the National Prayer Breakfast; watered down its mission by internationalizing it; installed his religious outreach guy at the top; created three-fifths of an advisory board; and waved the tough questions in the direction of the lawyers. And then got down to the real business of rescuing the economy.

If that’s it, given the looming shadow of a potential international depression, sidetracking OFANP was the right call. Don’t you think?