Obama to Iraq . . . ? This scare anyone else . . ???

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080529/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_rdp

Obama considers Iraq visit amid GOP criticism

Obama considers Iraq visit amid GOP criticism 1 hour, 45 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama — increasingly under fire from John McCain as he appears poised to win the Democratic nomination — said he is considering a trip to Iraq but dismissed as a "political stunt" an invitation by the Republican candidate to make the visit together.

McCain and Obama have increasingly targeted each other as a November general election showdown between the two men seems inevitable. The discussion about Iraq, largely sidelined during the primary battle, is likely to factor prominently in the general election and Obama has rallied to counter McCain's criticism that he lacks foreign policy experience.

Obama, who is now just 44 delegates shy of the 2,026 needed to claim the nomination and drive rival Hillary Rodham Clinton out of the race, could win the White House nod as early as Sunday if he fares well in Puerto Rico's primary.

Puerto Rico's primary, the island's first in nearly three decades, has brought attention to a U.S. territory where residents cannot vote in the general election and largely do not identify with any mainland party.

But, with 55 delegates to be apportioned between him and Clinton, eyes are on the territory because Obama could theoretically clinch the nomination if he beats his rival. Clinton is counting on a victory to bolster her claim to have won the majority of popular votes based on a selective count of Democratic contests.

The Democrat, vying to become the U.S.'s first black president, told The New York Times that the possible trip would be to talk to the U.S. troops and commanders and not to "try to score political points or perform."

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Comment by D&P ---
Also put the final comments in BOLD because I don't think that's how any candidate should be described . . . color and gender should be incidental --- they're not there to be FIRST, they
are campaigning to be president ---

And --- don't like the term "black" --- I think we should give up these "black" and "white" descriptions ... though "people of color" is probably still OK ...
especially because I think it points us towards understanding "white" doesn't really exist.


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