It's ideality check time: Why don't the pro-occupation Democratic candidates drop out?

[laststeamtrain]

Then we'd hear more from the candidates who think a good direction to be moving in is 'forward'. The candidates who think 'better' might be a good idea.

Yeah. I'm a little tired of front-runner mania. I'd like to think there's a choice.

It's good to see Richardson hanging in there. And DK, of course.

[TechBear_Seattle]

1. That would force all of the "front runners" out of the race

And you wouldn't want to nominate someone who was entirely unelectable, would you? :eyes:

[Freddie Stubbs]

2. I'm sure that won't be necessary, as Democratic voters will surely reject those candidates

[SteppingRazor]

3. Which Democrats are pro-occupation?

Edwards wants to pull out all our troops except enough to guard the American embassy and whatnot.

Hillary opposes any permanent bases but "She believes we may need a vastly reduced residual force to train Iraqi troops, provide logistical support, and conduct counterterrorism operations. But that is not a permanent force, and she has been clear that she does not plan a permanent occupation." (from her Web site: http://hillaryclinton.com/issues/iraq/)

Obama would end all combat operations within a year.


So, who's pro-occupation?

[laststeamtrain]

4. I'm thinking of this.

"10/02/07—At the Democratic presidential candidates' debate on September 26, the three top-polling candidates declined to promise that they would remove U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of their first term in office--that is, January 2013. Although these statements put the Democrat "frontrunners" squarely at odds with the American public--the majority of whom favor a more timely withdrawal, according to recent polls--they were cheered by several top journalists and pundits, who saw this as a signal that the candidates were distancing themselves from anti-war voters."

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http://www.baltimorechronicle.com/2007/100307FAIR.shtml
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2013?!?!

Not as good as 2009.

Four years not as good.

Just sayin'...