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McCain-obamaFrom McCain.com
Statement by McCain Campaign on Barack Obama's Iraq Comments Today
ARLINGTON, VA -- U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today released the following statement from McCain spokesman Brian Rogers concerning Barack Obama's remarks on Iraq:
"Since announcing his campaign in 2007, the central premise of Barack Obama's candidacy was his commitment to begin withdrawing American troops from Iraq immediately. He campaigned in Iowa, New Hampshire and across the country reaffirming this pledge to the American people.
"Today, Barack Obama reversed that position proving once again that his words do not matter. He has now adopted John McCain's position that we cannot risk the progress we have made in Iraq by beginning to withdraw our troops immediately without concern for conditions on the ground. There is nothing wrong with changing your mind when the facts on the ground dictate it. Indeed, the facts have changed because of the success of the surge that John McCain advocated for years and Barack Obama opposed in a position that put politics ahead of country.
"Now that Barack Obama has changed course and proven his past positions to be just empty words, we would like to congratulate him for accepting John McCain's principled stand on this critical national security issue. If he had visited Iraq sooner or actually had a one-on-one meeting with General Petraeus, he would have changed his position long ago."
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Jeb Bush will meet with John McCain in Mexico according to this story from ABC News via Jonathan Martin's Blog
I was wondering where Jeb was. I can only wonder if this meeting has any substance. But I am sure that it will generated a huge amount of speculation in the media.
Jeb Bush may have the wrong last name for 2008 but he sure as hell has the credentials.
After serving his term as Governor of Florida, Jeb has been off the radar. That is until he reversed his long held position regarding drilling off the coast of Florida. He now supports it.
Between the war in Iraq, the price of gas, and only about 4 month's left in this election cycle, McCain/Bush might be able to pull it off.
Doubtful and controversial, but fun to ponder.
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As the conservative right moves towards McCain, the "Middle" is getting smaller as the election draws near. There are only so many blocks of votes that one can pick from to build a victory in November.
Many voting blocks are still up for grabs and Obama seems to be scrambling to attract those with the most numbers. Problem is, McCain (an experienced politican) continues to beat him to it. Based on his recent flip flops, Obama seems to be a follower rather than a leader and the middle is starting to sense it.
Now that McCain seems to be winning over the Right, the middle seems to be the most logical target.
The "Middle" is finally starting to choose sides and McCain is at least +1 at this point as Obama seems to have some catching up to do. This is a victory for McCain.
Update: Ap's Liz Sadoti writes about the battle for the "middle.
07/03/08
From Time
July 2, 2008 3:36
Christian Conservatives Uniting Behind McCain
Posted by Michael Scherer.At a meeting Tuesday in Denver, about 100 conservative Christian leaders from around the country agreed to unite behind the candidacy of John McCain, a politician they have long distrusted, marking the latest in a string of movement that bodes well for McCain's general election prospects among the Republican base. read more »
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A Different Kind of Poiltics?
Take a Stand Against Destructive Political Attacks
This past weekend, Barack Obama’s campaign surrogate Gen. Wesley Clark attacked the military service record of John McCain. Despite Barack Obama’s repeated claims that he will be running a different kind of campaign, it is clear that he and his surrogates have failed to deliver.
With no record to rely on, all the American people can hold Senator Obama to is a promise – the promise of a different kind of politics. Twice now, Barack Obama has been given the opportunity to fulfill that promise and twice now he has failed to deliver.
First, Senator Obama broke his promise to the American people that he would use public financing and help clean up a broken system. After months of pledges to use the system, Senator Obama broke his word to the American people.
Now, after repeated, shameless attacks on John McCain’s military service, Senator Obama has failed to personally repudiate them. Once again, Senator Obama has failed to fulfill his promise of change. Sadly, Senator Obama has seemingly been seduced by the politics as usual, the selfish politics of anything goes.
John McCain wants this campaign to be about the issues – a campaign that focuses on real solutions to the challenges facing our country. Unfortunately, Senator Obama and his campaign surrogates seem unwilling to engage in that conversation.
Using the link above, tell us what you think about Senator Obama’s emerging record – a record that doesn’t seem to match his promise for a different kind of politics.
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Now my two cents:
It sounds to me like John McCain is asking his supporters for permission to fight back.
When your attempts at diplomacy continue to be rejected and ignored, it's time to fight.
It's time for a punch in the nose!
I think McCain should take off the gloves and fight fire with fire. He has my thumbs up and I will not think any less of him for doing so. :)
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Barack Obama must now feel that ,since he won the primary, he can morph his positions on virtually every major position upon which he ran and no one will notice.
It's just incredible that,every day, he seems to ignore the words he read a few months ago and thinks that his newly written words will not be challenged.
I'm sure that Moveon.org was stunned by his rebuke of the "General Betray Us" ad that Obama refused to condemn during a senate vote and now says that it was mistake. There goes those small doner contributions.
How many times will Obama be allowed to change his mind and reject the town hall style debates (which he supports but won't have one with McCain) before the MSM decides that he is just another politician with an incredible marketing team?
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David Brody of CBN News interviews Gov. Tim Pawlenty. They discuss McCain's connection to evangelicals.(There is video in the link provided above)
Video: Governor Pawlenty on McCain’s Relationship with Evangelicals
June 30, 2008Minnesota Governor and Vice-Presidential shortlist candidate Tim Pawlenty entered The Brody File earlier this morning. We’ll be moving video excerpts throughout the afternoon. In the clip above, Pawlenty talks about how McCain still has some work to do with his Evangelical Christian outreach. Watch above and read the transcription below.
Governor Tim Pawlenty : "John McCain is a person of faith and he is a committed Christian and he is somebody that I think is probably less comfortable being overt about that than perhaps some others might be but his value system and his belief in Christ I think is something that is part of who he is as a person and I think he is somebody who would be well received by Christian leaders and Evangelical leaders and I just want to encourage the McCain campaign to make that effort and to reach out and they are but I think there are a lot of Christian leaders, evangelical leaders who haven’t yet been contacted or who haven’t been part of meetings who are feeling perhaps, are they going to reach out to me and at a minimum we want to make sure that he is speaking on issues of concern to them and I think you’ll see perhaps more of that in the summer and fall." read more »
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