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I agree with the exception (none / 0) (#37)
by hookfan on Fri Mar 28, 2008 at 05:45:15 PM EST
that if Obama gave credit to those whose ideas he adopts, he looks like a suckup. Where are his brave, audacious new ideas? His advisors are republican lite on social security, Healthcare, and the economy. Where are his new ideas going to come from? Hillary? His choice of advisors, like Powers, seem over the top and difficult to swallow. If Powers was his choice is a pro-palestine view his real perspective? Or anti-Israel? Consider his "mentor's" views on Israel. It is not reassuring. And to be left to rely on Obama's not so perfect judgment on which persons to be close too, or which ideas to accept, I am not reassured.

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Obama is looking more naive to me. (5.00 / 1) (#72)
by Fabian on Fri Mar 28, 2008 at 06:57:12 PM EST
I think his logic with Wright and perhaps others was:

This/Religion is my private life and has nothing to do with my public life.  Even though JFK's religion speech was necessary and Romney's religion worked against, despite his (painfully clumsy) speech about it.  

I think Obama does not realize that in politics and especially presidential politics, anything at all is fair game.  Anything. at. all.

He's running against Hillary Clinton who has been through almost every kind of media scrutiny for decades.  Surely he didn't think that the Clintons were a special case and that no one else would be subjected to that.  Kerry's swiftboating?  Someone who voluntarily served in Vietnam being attacked for his service?  The press and rumor mongers could make an issue out of who his tailor is if they wanted to.  They've done it for hair cuts!  Katie Couric asked John Edwards about Elizabeth's illness.

In politics, there really are no sacred cows.  

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Israel (none / 0) (#42)
by MKS on Fri Mar 28, 2008 at 06:00:51 PM EST
I don't agree that he is not good on Israel....But his schmoozing of Bloomberg may have a point....

Putting Bloomberg on the ticket as VP would be different and put Florida back in play.

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