Obama Wraps Up Tour of Mid East and Europe
Obama Wraps Up Tour of Mid East and Europe – by Heather Holdridge at The Care2 Election Blog
Senator Barack Obama made his way home Saturday night after a long trip throughout the Middle East and Europe. During his visit, he went to Kuwait, Afghanistan, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Germany, France and the United Kingdom. Upon returning, he was met with criticisms from Senator John McCain for basically neglecting his own people by paying too much attention to the world audience. But polls show that Obama’s Europe trip may have given him a boost:
Democrat Obama’s apparent advantage over Republican John McCain in national polling has “stretched” to seven percentage points, according to the latest results of the Gallup daily tracking poll – a survey taken at the height of Obama’s widely watched march across Europe, days in which he polled strongly against McCain.
It’s funny that McCain basically challenged Obama to make a trip to Iraq before this trip happened, and once it did, McCain started calling Obama out on it. In a radio address Saturday, McCain said, “With all the breathless coverage from abroad, and with Senator Obama now addressing his speeches to the people of the world, I’m starting to feel a little left out. Maybe you are too.” Obama responded with, “The reason that I thought this trip was important is that I am convinced that many issues that we face at home are not going to be solved as effectively unless we have strong partners abroad.”
Then, after all the hubub from the McCain campaign, the Senator tells Wolf Blitzer that a 16 month timetable in Iraq is “a pretty good timetable.” Huh? From Daily Kos…
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