Maliki Walks Back, Obama Meets Petraeus
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After Nouri al-Maliki met with Barack Obama in Baghdad, the Iraqi prime minister echoed approval of Obama's withdrawal plan. [NBC News]
Marc Ambinder thinks this is the "Walkback of the Walkback." [Atlantic]
Jonathan Martin has serious doubts about the McCain campaign's effort to describe both Maliki and Obama's statements on Iraq as inartful. [Politico]
Obama, David Petraeus and Chuck Hagel zoomed around in a helicopter. [CNN]
Obama Vs. McCain Polling Data
- Poll
- Obama (D)
- McCain(R)
- Spread
- RCP Average
- 46.0
- 45.2
- Obama +0.8
Favorable Ratings
- Candidate
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- Unfavorable
- Spread
- Obama
- 55.8
- 35.8
- +20.0
- McCain
- 54.8
- 36.6
- +18.2
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Obama never met with general petraeus when he went to Iraq