Political Forum - View Single Post - Democrats changing rhetoric on Iraq --AGAIN

DuH2 · #17 (**permalink**) 02-28-2008, 09:01 PM

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In two recent polls, Americans were asked who would handle the Iraq issue better, Obama or McCain? Both show McCain has the edge.

In a February 1-3 CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll, McCain was favored 54 percent to Obama's 45 percent.

In a February 21-25 Los Angeles Times-Bloomberg poll, McCain led on the issue with 47 percent to 34 percent for Obama.

McCain leads on that question not because most Americans support the war, but because he is seen as having stronger national security credentials.

Now, Democrats are pursuing a new argument: They're linking the war with the economy.

"It is becoming clear to all Americans -- Republicans, Democrats and independents -- that by continuing to spend huge amounts on Iraq, we are prevented from spending on desired goals and needs here at home," New York Sen. Chuck Schumer said at a congressional hearing investigating the economic impact of the war.

Obama put it this way in Tuesday's debate: "We are bogged down in a war that John McCain now suggests might go on for another 100 years, spending $12 billion a month that could be invested in the kinds of programs that both Sen. Clinton and I are talking about."

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/28/schneider.iraq/

CNN must be lying.