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Originally Posted by dc_dux
I'm not bothered in the least by Obama's decision. I expect he will take a short term hit for it, but it has no staying power as an issue.
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Staying power as an issue is not the issue. The real issue is that at the end of the day, when the decision has to be made, Obama just proved to everyone that he is just like every other politician...willing to trade principle for position.
He made a promise and now that it is more politically expedient to do so he is reversing himself. Over the last 2 or 3 months I had rethought my outlook on this election and I was prepared to vote for a democrat for the first time in my life for President because I really thought he was different. This announcement has caused me to sit down and really rethink that.