Bloggers Boo Obama

From Real Clear Politics

"In an interview with the AP yesterday, Sen. Barack Obama said that he expects Congress will provide funding for the Iraq war without attaching a timetable for withdrawal should President Bush veto the current bill, because no lawmaker "wants to play chicken with our troops."

"My expectation is that we will continue to try to ratchet up the pressure on the president to change course," the Democratic presidential candidate said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I don't think that we will see a majority of the Senate vote to cut off funding at this stage."

The leftwing site Daily Kos, head of the Democrats' antiwar base, is outraged:

What a ridiculous thing to say. Not only is it bad policy, not only is it bad politics, it's also a terrible negotiating approach.

Instead of threatening Bush with even more restrictions and daring him to veto funding for the troops out of pique, Barack just surrendered to him.

Let me repeat that -- Obama just surrendered to Bush."

Obama Hasn't Quit His Day Job

From AP via abcnews.com

"Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama wants to change the government's formula for giving states money for homeland security, with the early voting states getting a little extra.

Obama wants states that have a bigger risk from the terrorist threat to get more of federal homeland security dollars also a recommendation from the commission that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks. That's an unpopular idea among lawmakers from smaller states who would lose funding on the switch."