Clinton, Obama, Dodd spar over Iraq

[ProSense]

Video from http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2007/may/17/video_of_obamas_slam_of_hillarys_vote_for_war">TPM Cafe: Obama On Hillary and Iraq Policy

Dodd via CNN:

"We're as confused as anyone on Sen. Clinton's position, and frankly it's hard to know whether it's indecision, miscommunication, or simple word games and political gamesmanship we're dealing with," said Dodd spokeswoman Christy Setzer. "Our troops in Iraq don't have time for poll-tested word games."

AP article:

In the presidential campaign as well as in Congress, Democrats are united against the war, but split over how decisively to challenge Bush. In a measure of the issue's importance, White House hopefuls in the Senate, Barack Obama of Illinois and Hillary Clinton of New York, abruptly switched positions to support Feingold's legislation cutting off funds.

Both had prominently shunned earlier proposals to set a fixed timetable for an end to the war, drawing challenges from campaign rivals John Edwards and Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut. Clinton, in particular, endured booing from anti-war activists for her steadfast rejection of setting a fixed date to end the U.S. role in the fighting.

The shift that Clinton and Obama executed earned something of a political dividend, in one state at least.

In the same ad that criticized Levin for opposing the legislation to end the war, MoveOn pointed out that the two had voted for it.

Whatever their divisions at the moment, Democrats owe much of their victory in last fall's elections and their hope for the White House in 2008 to their opposition to the war.

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Note all three voted against Kerry-Feingold.

[illinoisprogressive]

1. We do not know yet why, let's wait and see what happens. Usually when we jump the gun

and start to dismiss and hate whoever for some supposed bad thing they did, it comes out within a few days there was good reason, a misreport, ect.
Let's just see what comes about in the next week before screaming and making fools of ourselves.

[Ethelk2044]

2. delete

[Captain Hilts]

3. I like Dodd. nt