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Did Obama Win On Iraq? No | 131 comments (131 topical)

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There are folks who like Clinton (none / 0) (#55)
by so tired on Fri May 09, 2008 at 02:22:13 PM EST
who didn't vote for her. An AUMF apology would have gone a long way toward garnering my support. Edwards earned my respect when he said loudly and forcefully that he was wrong early on. (sidebar: God, if you had told me then that there would come a day when I thought that 2004 was "early on" in the war I wouldn't have been able to get out of bed for a week. I really thought it was going to end soon.)

Clinton wins my "Who would you rather have dinner with?" contest (sorry, not much of a drinker so I don't do "have a beer"). I voted for her for senate. I just went a different way on this. It's possible for two intelligent people both acting in good faith to look at the same facts and still come to different conclusions without anything being awry or underhanded or nasty.

I think these top issue polls don't really clear much up. For example, my candidate could win me on issues 2-10 despite his/her opponent having a slightly better proposal for my number one priority. Our decision making processes are too complex and I really don't believe that there are that many single issue voters out there. For example, Iraq wasn't my top issue and I'd never claim it was to a pollster, but it did help clarify things for me.

It occurs to me BTD that you might be responding to a specific commenter's attitude and not characterizing the tone of the election generally. Please understand that I'm pontificating generally and not suggesting that you don't already know what I'm suggesting.

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