Obama Using McCain to Show Differences with Clinton

[SoFlaJet]

February 03, 2008 6:48 PM

ABC News' Sunlen Miler reports:

Barack Obama, in recent days, has been encouraging people to think of him in comparison to John McCain, the frontrunner for the Republican nomination. At a Delaware rally he compared himself to Hillary Clinton, arguing that he’s the best choice to run against McCain, because of the clarity he offers on positions -- and connected Clinton to McCain’s positions on the Iraq war.

"We expect that John McCain may end up being the nominee. And if John McCain is the nominee, then the Democratic party has to ask itself do you want a candidate who has similar policies to John McCain on the war in Iraq or somebody who can offer a stark contrast?" he said.

Obama said that he’s a candidate with positions that could go up against McCain’s -– saying he’d offer a clear alterative to the "failed policies of George W. Bush" -– and outlined points, in veiled references to Hillary Clinton, where he’d stack up better.

"When I’m the nominee, John McCain won’t be able to say that you were for this war in Iraq, because I wasn’t. He won’t be able to say that I followed the Bush-Cheney doctrine in not talking to leaders we don’t like, because I don’t. He won’t be able to say that I went along and gave George Bush the benefit of the doubt on Iran, because I haven’t. He won’t be able to say that I was unclear about my position on torture, because I’ve been absolutely clear we never torture in this country."

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/02/obama-using-mcc.html

[niceypoo]

1. Because there is basically no difference between Obama and Hillary

...so he has to obfuscate with the ol' third party route.