In Iowa, Clinton doubts Obama's political courage

[kurth]

In Iowa, Clinton doubts Obama's political courage
By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent

DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton questioned rival Barack Obama's political courage on Monday, accusing him of dodging difficult fights and ducking the Senate's recent vote on a resolution to get tough on Iran...

Clinton also ridiculed his criticism of her Senate vote to label an Iranian military unit a terrorist group, which Obama has called a way to clear the path for a rush to war on Iran. Clinton, a New York senator, noted Obama did not return from the campaign trail to cast a vote on the resolution...

"The truth is Barack Obama doesn't need lectures in political courage from someone who followed George Bush to war in Iraq, gave him the benefit of the doubt on Iran, supported NAFTA and opposed ethanol until she decided to run for president," Obama spokesman Bill Burton said...

The issue was cast in a new light when a new U.S. intelligence report said Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003, contradicting the Bush administration's repeated assertions that Tehran was intent on developing a bomb.

"The new National Intelligence Estimate shows that George Bush and Dick Cheney's rush to war with Iran is, in fact, a rush to war," Edwards said in a statement.

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN0344996120071203

[calteacherguy]

1. Political Courage.

I got up to the front, plopped my book down, all about business, ready to hit him with my grim question....when he suddenly grabs my hand with that big smile, that oh so happy to see you expression, and exclaims: "Hey! How have you been?!"

"General Clark, I'm fine thank you, but I really have to talk to you about the Kyl-Lieberman resolution--" (oops, where'd that big smile go?) " --it's been causing quite a stir on the blogs sir, and---"

"Yeah. I know..." he says softly resigned.

I rattle on, aware there are people shifting their weight behind me anxious to get their moment with Wes...
"Well there is this perception that you were one day "uneasy" and "uncomfortable" with it and the next day endorsing and supporting Hillary's vote for it-- some say you've done a 180, a flip-flop, after the HuffPo piece and---"

"I know I know. I'm still uneasy about it. I haven't changed my position..."

I excitedly interrupt as if someone told me I'd just won something fabulous. "You are?? You mean you still have 'unease'?"

" Yes--"

At an even higher pitch: "You do? So... you didn't lose your uneasiness for some reason, somehow and change your mind because if you did I was just going to ask you to please clarify if you could just what it was that---"

" No I haven't changed my mind ..."

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