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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!On Thursday, as was reported here, Obama said he would continue to refine his policy on Iraq, which was widely seen as a softening of his promise to withdraw from Iraq as soon as possible. Today, recognizing the furor that statement created, he tried to patch it up: "I was a little puzzled by the frenzy that I set off by what I thought was a pretty innocuous statement," he said. "I am absolutely committed to ending the war." ... "The tactics of how we ensure our troops are safe as we pull out, how we execute the withdrawal, those are things that are all based on facts and conditions," he ...
In an interview with NPR, Senator Patrick Leahy, a supporter of Senator Barack Obama, let it be known that he thinks the time has come for Hillary Clinton to drop out of the race. Via ABC's Jake Trapper:"There is no way that Senator Clinton is going to win enough delegates to get the nomination. She ought to withdraw and she ought to be backing Senator Obama. Now, obviously that's a decision that only she can make. Frankly I feel that she would have a tremendous career in the Senate."Alright, Clinton supporters, let Leahy have it! You've always hated the guy, and were just waiting for a chance ...
Mitt Romney is about to announce that he will "suspend his campaign," thus conceding his run for the Republican nomination. John McCain now emerges as the Republican front-runner and prospective GOP nominee for the presidency. Whereas Super Tuesday has left the Democrats in a dead heat, it seems to have resolved the Republican contest. Mitt Romney's tepid showing has foreclosed his chances, and he is now admitting the inevitable. Thus, the GOP field now consists of John McCain and Mike Huckabee, and the latter is statistically out of the running. I have assumed that Huckabee's role in the ...
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