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Originally Posted by SirSeymour
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.
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SirSy:
IMO, every voter should think carefully about their outlook on the election and the candidate of their choice.
BUt I also believe the candidates should be judged using the same or comparable standards.
If you are judging Obama as *a different kind of candidate" and he fails to meet that standard....then I suggest also judging McCain on his many flip flops - bush tax cuts, off shore drilling, immigration policy, etc (to ingratiate himself with the conservatives who dont trust him) ..or his self-proclaimed "anti-lobbyist" image while having nearly 100 lobbyists acting as advisors and fund raisers.... and how these "principles" fit within his "straight talk express"
I get a sense that some voters seem to be holding Obama to a higher standard for his pledge to "change the way Washington works" and be "a different kind of a candidate" than they do for McCain's pledge to "say what I mean and mean what I say".
If that is the case (Obama being held to a higher standard)...why do you think that is?