Slog - Comments on Required Late Night Viewing http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/required_late_night_viewing I got home, had a drink, calmed down, and then watched Barack Obama give this speech. Obama met Hillary Clinton's "we expect him to extricate our country from [Iraq] before he leaves office [in January 2009]" and raised her with some actual proposed legislation requiring the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq by March 31, 2008. It makes you wonder what the private polling on Iraq must look like if Dem presidential candidates are out there trying to top each other with proposals like these.... Copyright 2008 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:44:46 -0800 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 06:21:55 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Chris Did someone reroll Obama's stats and come up with a whole lot less CHA?

]]> Chris http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/required_late_night_viewing#c604985 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/required_late_night_viewing#c604985 Politics Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:50:33 -0800 Comment by Andrea Regardless... I am SO wet.

]]> Andrea http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/required_late_night_viewing#c605039 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/required_late_night_viewing#c605039 Politics Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:51:24 -0800 Comment by sam smart move

set the agenda, be specific, wade in with style and courage

make the yak, yak yak crowd look as lame as they are

Go Bama

]]> sam http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/required_late_night_viewing#c605051 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/required_late_night_viewing#c605051 Politics Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:23:53 -0800 Comment by patrick C His plan is 7 months earlier than Clintons' plan. That means we still get 14 months of mayhem and expense.

Why isn't the proposal from Woolsey, Lee and Waters being promoted more? They want to end the war in six months.

Isn't it moderate enough to stop the killing sooner? Is it more multi-task attractive to let more people die in 14 months while promoting a political campagn - extra points if it makes another candidate look bad?

That's what you get with the middle of the road - compromise that has more to do with self promotion than doing the right thing.

"The Bring Our Troops Home and Sovereignty of Iraq Restoration Act is the first comprehensive legislative proposal to end the occupation and provide a framework to help bring stability back to Iraq."

http://woolsey.house.gov/SupportingFiles/documents/WOOLSE_008_xml.pdf

]]> patrick C http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/required_late_night_viewing#c605165 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/required_late_night_viewing#c605165 Politics Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:57:55 -0800 Comment by postergirl I like that guy more and more. Clear, right, strong. A billion time better than Hillary's confusing dance.
Also: The problem for the Republicans (The Party that brought you the Iraq war.) is that the bandwagon is going in the oposite direction. D's are fighting over who can say "get out" faster and the R's are talking escalation.
Obama's on the right side of the biggest issue in the country in the last 30 years Hill was wrong and McCain is getting more wrong every day. (Not to mention he's one snoozing-in-front-of-the-cameras episode away from being a national joke.)

]]> postergirl http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/required_late_night_viewing#c605216 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/required_late_night_viewing#c605216 Politics Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:00:05 -0800 Comment by Gomez Concrete ideas and proposals are the reason Barack Obama is head and shoulders above the other Democratic presidential candidates.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/required_late_night_viewing#c605229 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/required_late_night_viewing#c605229 Politics Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:25:28 -0800 Comment by Scott All I can say is that I am sooooo proud to call him my Senator! Go Bears!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> Scott http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/required_late_night_viewing#c605271 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/required_late_night_viewing#c605271 Politics Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:26:36 -0800 Comment by f we need to surround the white house. thousands if not more brave enough to get onto the white house lawns and demand change. a sit-in on the lawns demanding regime change. we the people. it can happen. spread the word. someday.

]]> f http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/required_late_night_viewing#c605793 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/required_late_night_viewing#c605793 Politics Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:55:32 -0800 Comment by D What a mind blowing idea, lets pull the troops out.

I consider this a purely political ploy.

]]> D http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/required_late_night_viewing#c607686 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/required_late_night_viewing#c607686 Politics Fri, 02 Feb 2007 06:21:55 -0800