Obama the follower

[ajmccarrell]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

right! .

Even there, Obama is still following McCain in that he ultimately is no longer promising withdrawal. First, he wanted immediate withdrawal, the he wanted to leave detachments. Then, he couldn't promise withdrawal in his first term. He was against the surge and said we'd lost. Then he wanted to pull out and go back in if we're needed. Then he said the surge worked and still can't promise withdrawal. Now that Bush and the Iraqi government have been negotiating a pull-out, it's almost a non-issue. It's hard to count how many positions Obama has had on this issue.