Obama and the Iraq War

Carl Davidson of Progressives for Obama is on the right track in his post, Obama on the War and National Security 07/06/08 when he writes:

Most Americans at the grass roots understand, to one degree or another, the need to decisively stop the [Iraq] war, from activists at the left end of the political spectrum to the ordinary voters at the center and center-right. All the complex 'triangulated' caveats are meant for the beltway national security wonks and pundits, not for them. When Obama campaigned in Western Pennsylvania, he drew his longest, loudest standing ovations from working-class crowds-economically progressive, socially conservative--when he asserted, with an authentic voice, that he would end this war in 2009.

That's how Obama will continue to win voters, and how he will win the election. If he does otherwise, he's in trouble.

Tags: barack obama, carl davidson, iraq war