The general electorate – PLUS: Obama’s position on the Boumediene ruling
The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder has examined some recent polls and has determined some common themes among them. The first one may surprise you:
Obama promises Iraq’s foreign minister that he will visit before November
Once upon a time Obama acted like he wasn’t going to go to Iraq again (outside of the one visit he made in January 2006). Now he’s trying to follow in McCain’s footsteps – literally:
John McCain visits Iraq
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The AP reports that McCain has made his 8th trip to Iraq (via Memeo):
Obama campaign not crazy about town hall debate format
Why am I not surprised?
Reason number 7,267 not to trust the far left
Memeorandum is overflowing with comments from The Usual Suspects regarding a statement John McCain made on NBC’s Today Show today which, to them, indicated that he doesn’t care nor find it important when the troops come home from Iraq. Here’s what he said that has the far left – including some in the notoriously disingenuous Obama campaign foaming at the mouth: