Recap
This week Obama bounced up to a 6 point lead and back down to 1-2 points after his "world tour" of the Middle East and Europe. Along the way, he stayed on script with a carefully controlled message, with little interaction with the press. Many in the press have hailed it a success.
On the downside, however, Obama did not shake hands with the troops and spend much time with them besides his photo op shooting hoops for a few minutes. He released his "Plan for Iraq" the day before he went on his "fact finding mission" which he asserted afterwards to have confirmed his beliefs, despite his position's contrast to that of General Petraeus, he deftly asserted he would still now knowing the results of the surge which has cut American troop deaths by 65-70% have opposed it, and cut out off his schedule the trip to visit wounded soliders in favor of spending extra time in Germany. Even the German newspapers noted in der Spiegel that he was thin on specifics. While the Europeans welcomed his pledge to withdraw from Iraq, (in a speech which did not discuss residual forces, listening to the commanders on the ground, need to possibly return if chaos results, etc.), they were unenthused and stonewalled his call for them to help in Afghanistan.
McCain continued to hammer away at all the mistakes in judgment Obama has shown on foreign policy.
On a lighter note, I recommend visiting http://sendables.jibjab.com/sendables/1191/time_for_some_campaignin#/teaser/1191 for an amusing video making fun of both candidates.
On the downside, however, Obama did not shake hands with the troops and spend much time with them besides his photo op shooting hoops for a few minutes. He released his "Plan for Iraq" the day before he went on his "fact finding mission" which he asserted afterwards to have confirmed his beliefs, despite his position's contrast to that of General Petraeus, he deftly asserted he would still now knowing the results of the surge which has cut American troop deaths by 65-70% have opposed it, and cut out off his schedule the trip to visit wounded soliders in favor of spending extra time in Germany. Even the German newspapers noted in der Spiegel that he was thin on specifics. While the Europeans welcomed his pledge to withdraw from Iraq, (in a speech which did not discuss residual forces, listening to the commanders on the ground, need to possibly return if chaos results, etc.), they were unenthused and stonewalled his call for them to help in Afghanistan.
McCain continued to hammer away at all the mistakes in judgment Obama has shown on foreign policy.
On a lighter note, I recommend visiting http://sendables.jibjab.com/sendables/1191/time_for_some_campaignin#/teaser/1191 for an amusing video making fun of both candidates.
