Obama Continues To 'Evolve'

Bob Casey Jr. - Master of the Flip Plop

From GrassrootsPA:

BOB CASEY JR. IN 2006:
'When you have 2 politicians In Washington that agree 98% of the time, one of them is really not necessary'...

BOB CASEY JR. TODAY:
'I'm not sure that most voters make voting determinations based upon the relationship you have to a party or another candidate – even a president'...

The Great Debate: Obama Vs. Obama

The Great Debate: Obama Vs. Obama | CNSnews.com

Democrats fuming over Obama move to cut Social Security

Senate Democrats fuming over Obama's apparent move on Social Security - TheHill.com

Happy Anniversary, Arlen Specter!

Six months ago today, Arlen Specter left the Republican Party because polling data showed that he could not win against Pat Toomey. Today, the polls show Pennsylvanians of all political stripes are rejecting his rampant political opportunism and complete lack of principle.

This morning Team Toomey released the video above to commemorate Sen. Specter's six month anniversary as a Democrat.

What's the Difference Between Sen. Specter in 1994 and Sen. Specter in 2009?

The answer: Political opportunism, says Pat Toomey, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania.

Specter flip-flop: He now supports Card Check

From Pat Toomey's Hypocrisy Alert site comes news that Sen. Arlen Specter has again changed his mind on the controversial Card Check bill before the Senate and he will now support the bill.

From the Toomey camp:

Five months after telling Pennsylvanians that he would oppose the Employee Free Choice Act and would vote against cloture, Senator Specter announced today at the Netroots Nation conference that he will join his new Democratic colleagues in voting to cut off debate on the Card Check legislation.

Then

Specter: The problems of the recession make this a particularly bad time to enact Employees Free Choice legislation. Employers understandably complain that adding a burden would result in further job losses. (March 24, 2009)

Now

Q: In stitching these together then, is it fair to say that on the climate legislation, on Employee Free Choice, on a public option health care plan, these are all areas where you would be voting with the majority for cloture to have these up and down votes?

Specter: Yes, no doubt about those three issues at all. (August 14, 2009, Netroots Nation)

"Senator Specter is quick to abandon his promises for the sake of scoring political points," said U.S. Senate candidate Pat Toomey. "As a result, Arlen Specter will not only break his word to Pennsylvanians, he will help pass legislation that will deny workers their right to a secret ballot election in the union organization process and give government officials the power to force decisions on Pennsylvania’s businesses."

“Pennsylvanians are finding it increasingly difficult to trust Senator Specter and for good reason. His position on Card Check and so many other issues has flipped back and forth so many times, it is abundantly clear that politics—not principle—is Arlen Specter’s guiding light."

Karl Rove: 'A Tale of Two Flip-Floppers'

Karl Rove, writing in The Wall Street Journal, does a nice job of explaining the difference in a politician changing his mind when a new set of circumstances present themselves (John McCain on rising gas prices) and a flip-flopper, aka Barack Obama.

Rove on McCain:

Sen. McCain has changed his position on drilling for oil on the outer continental shelf. But because he explained this change by saying that $4-a-gallon gasoline caused him to re-evaluate his position, voters are likely to accept it. Of course, Mr. McCain doesn't explain why prices at the pump haven't also forced him to re-evaluate his opposition to drilling on 2000 acres in the 19.2-million-acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. But, then, what politician is always consistent?

Rove on Obama:

Sen. Obama has shifted recently on public financing, free trade, Nafta, welfare reform, the D.C. gun ban, whether the Iranian Quds Force is a terrorist group, immunity for telecom companies participating in the Terrorist Surveillance Program, the status of Jerusalem, flag lapel pins, and disavowing Rev. Jeremiah Wright. And not only does he refuse to explain these flip-flops, he acts as if they never occurred.

Then there is Iraq. Throughout 2006 and early 2007, Mr. Obama pledged to remove all U.S. troops, even voting to immediately cut off funds for the troops while they were in combat. Then, in July 2007, he started talking about leaving a residual U.S. force, in Kuwait and elsewhere in the region, able to go back into Iraq if needed.

By October, he shifted again, pledging to station the residual U.S. troops inside Iraq with two "limited missions of protecting our diplomats and carrying out targeted strikes on al Qaeda."

Last week, writing in the New York Times, Mr. Obama changed again.

Thank you Professor Rove for the Politics 101 lesson. Class dismissed.

Read his full column at the newspaper's Web site.

Obama already rewriting history

Interesting post at My McCain Blog about the ever-changing positions on key issues by Barack Obama and the trouble the manager for Obama's Web site is having keeping up with the revisions.

Check out "Obama's Website - Change you can google" at My McCain Blog

Also check out an op-ed by Ralph Reiland in The Mercury about Obama's flip-flopping.

Obama is another Fred Astaire?

Interesting editorial in The Economist about Obama's ever-shifting stance on important issues.

From the editorial:

[T]here are some disquieting signs of a tendency on Mr Obama's part to tailor his message to whichever audience he is talking to. All politicians do this of course. But Mr Obama's two-steps have become Astaire-like. For instance, in his primary battle with Mrs Clinton, Mr Obama laid out a timetable for a virtually complete withdrawal from Iraq within 16 months of taking office, specifying a rate of one to two brigades a month. Since starting to campaign in the general election, he has fudged this clear line: he committed to withdrawal again this week (see article), but he has also been careful to give himself wriggle-room on its pace. Similarly, he once talked of negotiating with the Iranian leadership without preconditions: now he talks of the need for preparations". ...

Follow the link below to read the full editorial:

RNC: Welcome, Mr Would-Be President

Obama's Afghanistan Travel Guide

The Republican National Committee is offering Sen. Barack Obama "5 Travel Tips" for the Democratic presidential candidate's upcoming trip to Afghanistan.

RNC: Obama's Afghanistan Travel Guide

RNC: Obama Continues Breaking Pledges and Shifting Stances in Search of the Most Politically Expedient Position

That description pretty much much sums up the Barack Obama campaign so far? Change? Don't bet on it. Same old failed liberal policies in a shiny new package.

RNC: Obama Continues Breaking Pledges and Shifting Stances in Search of the Most Politically Expedient Position