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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan[The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan] By far the best piece I've read on Obama's views about the Iraq war - which will be one of the central issues in this election - is Michael Crowley's in TNR. Painstakingly putting together the full record, Crowley shows that Obama was .

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The New Republic TOC[The New Republic TOC] Is Obama's Iraq Record Really A Fairy Tale?: Yet this explanation was undermined when Obama repeated the point more than two years later.' His repeating this assertion in 2006 doesn't undermine his explanation as to why he gave it in 2004. After all, both times it was a TRUE statement--he cannot, in fact, predict how he might have behaved in the contrafactual circumstance that he was a US Senator at the time of the Iraq resulution vote.

Rhode Island's Future - Front Pagehttp://www.rifuture.org/showDiary.do?diaryId=1510 [Rhode Island's Future - Front Page] Will Chafee Support Obama too?: Will Chafee Support Obama too? | 8 comments

MUTH'S TRUTHS[MUTH'S TRUTHS] News & Views - February 13, 2008: “Senator Clinton and Senator Obama will withdraw our forces from Iraq based on an arbitrary timetable designed for the sake of political expediency and which recklessly ignores the profound human calamity and dire threats to our security that would ensue. They will not recognize and seriously address the threat posed by an Iran with nuclear ambitions against our ally, Israel, and the entire region.

Dawn Crawford vs San Bernardino's Dirty County Politicians and  Officialshttp://journals.aol.com/ddawncrawford71/dawn-crawford-vs-dirty-county-po/entries/2008/02/07/romney-exits-saying-he-has-to-stand-aside-for-our-party/1652 [Dawn Crawford vs San Bernardino's Dirty County Politicians and  Officials] Romney Exits, Saying He Has to ”˜Stand Aside for Our Party’: And although Mr. Romney, a former management consultant, ran what many described as a textbook campaign, he never really recovered after failing to execute the original strategy of winning the first two contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, and using those wins to build momentum.

Fact Checkhttp://factcheck.barackobama.com/factcheck/2008/01/20/clintons_making_statements_not.php [Fact Check] Clintons Making Statements Not Supported by the Facts: They put these bills out all the time...because they wanted to pigeonhole Democrats...Sutherland said Obama approached her in the late 1990s and worked with her and others in crafting the strategy of voting 'present.' She remembers meeting with Obama outside of the Illinois Senate chambers on the Democratic side of the aisle. She and Obama finished their conversation in his office.

BEAUTIFUL, ALSO, ARE THE SOULS OF MY BLACK SISTERShttp://kathmanduk2.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/mitt-romney-drops-out-of-presidential-race/ [BEAUTIFUL, ALSO, ARE THE SOULS OF MY BLACK SISTERS] MITT ROMNEY DROPS OUT OF PRESIDENTIAL RACE: And although Mr. Romney, a former management consultant, ran what many described as a textbook campaign, he never really recovered after failing to execute the original strategy of winning the first two contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, and using those wins to build momentum.

Ghost in the Machinehttp://www.ghostinthemachine.net/005206.html [Ghost in the Machine] Mr. President, there's a "Mr. Kettle" on the phone...: Clinton kept repeating this "fairy-tale" accusation in his string of so-called apologies today, but he has yet to give the full story about Obama's remarks. He's contrived a negative attack out of a deceptive half-truth, and he's clearly just trying to confuse people.

Citizens for Global Solutionshttp://globalsolutions.org/blog/index.php/home/2008/01/30/2008_political_super_bowl_countdown [Citizens for Global Solutions] 2008 Political Super Bowl Countdown: Democrats are in favor of higher taxes to pay for greater spending, while Republicans are in favor of greater spending, for which the taxpayers will pay. In foreign policy, Republicans intend to pursue the war in Iraq but to do so with a minimal number of troops on the ground.

Cindy's Zone 2http://cindyszone2unitedstates.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!59D7950B50FE41B3!329.entry [Cindy's Zone 2] Links 11: YouTube - Martin Luther King / Ron Paul YouTube - Ron Paul in 2002 : Wisdom Before the Iraq War Sticker Shock: Video of Bill Gates Showing off his Expensive TableTruthNews.us » Blog Archive » Obama Supports .

My View From Las Vegashttp://vegasmike433.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!294B99ADD2521116!1227.entry [My View From Las Vegas] Romney Exits, Saying He Has to ”˜Stand Aside for Our Party’: And although Mr. Romney, a former management consultant, ran what many described as a textbook campaign, he never really recovered after failing to execute the original strategy of winning the first two contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, and using those wins to build momentum.

noisyroom.net[noisyroom.net] Chuck Muth’s News & Views - February 13, 2008: “Senator Clinton and Senator Obama will withdraw our forces from Iraq based on an arbitrary timetable designed for the sake of political expediency and which recklessly ignores the profound human calamity and dire threats to our security that would ensue. They will not recognize and seriously address the threat posed by an Iran with nuclear ambitions against our ally, Israel, and the entire region.

Rebecca's Bloghttp://blog.smokebrush.com/2008/02/07/romney-suspends-presidential-campaign-bows-out-of-the-race/ [Rebecca's Blog] Romney Suspends Presidential Campaign & Bows Out Of The Race: But maybe his little secret combination deal he has going on with McCain will pay off. I did respect him for awhile as Super Tuesday was coming up - but then he decided to go against everything he said he wasn’t for and play dirty by intentionally (whether he wants to admit it or not) stick in the campaign to keep votes away from Romney.

Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine[Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine] The Goreacle Haunts Hillary Clinton, But Will He Speak?: Certainly Gore's abstinence from the process would be a relief for Hillary Clinton, since it's highly doubtful Gore would endorse her campaign. As everyone knows, there's no love between the Clintons and Gore, who was critical of the president back in 2000, and Hillary was the only top-tier Democratic candidate Gore hasn't met with.

southern_hopehttp://community.livejournal.com/southern_hope/379459.html [southern_hope] Debate wrap-up, yo: "Obama, why did you vote 'present' 100 times in Illinois Senate?" On illegal immigrants and universal health care: On the Iraq war and the surge: Edwards discusses voting for an African American for President and Poverty at the CNN SC ...

Veracifierhttp://feeds.veracifier.com/~r/veracifier/blog/rss/~3/220207659/monday-morning-must-reads [Veracifier] Monday Morning Must-Reads: Of course, Buchanan and Crowley think it’s only a minor drag on the economy and Crowley goes so far as to start spouting off about how great the economic growth is in Iraq. How’s that occupation and genocide going for you, Monica?

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