2008 Presidential Campaign - HOT LINKS #13
Listen to this articleBy Michael Lang on Jul 5, 2008 in 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
Here are some of the hottest and most current stories on Senator Barack Obama’s 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN:
Obama’s flip-flop
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Barack Obama landed himself in hot water on Thursday over a flip-flop on his policy regarding the Iraq war. The criticism he’s received is well-deserved. For months now, Senator Obama has been insisting he would have all U. S. troops home within 16 months of being sworn in as president
Obama plays any side to get elected
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
By now, it is patently clear that Barack Obama does not stand for much of anything except to be elected. Obama plays to anyone who will listen. Although he is known to "personally" oppose same-sex marriage (favored by the majority), Obama supports "equal rights and benefits to same-sex couples under state and federal law (i.e., Obama actually favors same-sex marriage)."
Obama Considering Larger Denver Stage
ABC News - USA
Barack Obama makes history and accepts his party’s presidential nomination in Denver, he may choose to leave the convention arena behind to do so. Democrats familiar with convention planning tell ABC News that Obama may seek out a bigger venue from which he will deliver his acceptance speech.
Obama Sets Off a Debate on Ties Between Religion and Government
New York Times - United States
By PETER STEINFELS On Tuesday, Senator Barack Obama did his best to reclaim for Democrats the idea of partnerships between government and grass-roots religious groups — and except for six little words he did a very smooth job. First, he recalled his own community service in Chicago, noting that it had been church supported. Then he reminded listeners that it was President Bill Clinton who signed landmark legislation widening the role religion-based groups could play in government-financed programs, and Al Gore who in 1999 first proposed a full-scale religion-based initiative.
Gov. Bill Richardson on Obama and Iraq
FOXNews - USA
Bill Richardson late Wednesday on Barack Obama’s comments on Iraq. I apologize for the late turn-around on this transcript, but on-air work load interfered. As many will remember, Richardson adopted the hardest line on swift troop withdrawals from Iraq. Richardson called for the removal of all U.S. forces by the end of this year, not the 2009 horizon Obama frequently repeated on the campaign trail
Poll: Clinton supporters not embracing Obama
CNN - USA
Barack Obama, a new survey suggests supporters of the New York senator are increasingly less likely to follow her lead. A growing number of Clinton supporters polled say they may stay home in November instead of casting their ballot for Obama, an indication the party has yet to coalesce around the Illinois senator four weeks after the most prolonged and at times divisive primary race in modern American history came to a close.
Democratic grass roots fret as Barak Obama pirouettes on policies
Times Online - UK
Grassroots activists whose energy and donations have helped to propel Barack Obama towards the White House are suddenly choking on the bitter pill of disillusion. In less than a month since clinching the Democratic nomination, he has performed a series of policy pirouettes to assuage concerns about his candidacy among a wider and more conservative electorate.

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