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:
Iowa under water
There just doesn’t seem to be any good news coming out of Iowa these days, thanks to massive flooding in the state that has led to the declaration of 83 of Iowa’s 99 counties as “disaster areas.” So far, five are dead, over 36,000 people are homeless, and millions of dollars in damages have happened as a result of overflowing rivers and levee breaks all over the state.
GoreBama
The Goracle has officially endorsed Barry O.:
Poetic justice
The owner of two Philadelphia newspapers now knows what it feels like to be on the receiving end of a leak from within:
John McCain visits Iraq
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The AP reports that McCain has made his 8th trip to Iraq (via Memeo):