The newly-minted presumptive Democratic nominee faced the audience of the powerful pro-Israel lobby Wednesday, and adjusted his stance on some key issues — like Iran. A sign of shifts to come?
His mission: reaching out to American Jews, many of whom have expressed concern over his choice of Middle East advisors, his relationship with Reverend Jeremiah Wright (who called Israel a “dirty” word), his past relationships with Palestinian activists and his position on meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmajinedad.
June 5, 2008, 8:23 pm at 8:23 pm
Obama is your usual politician, possibly on the low end. He’s going to tweak his campaign to do whatever he thinks will take to win the general election. Whether that’s enough to fool people, time will tell, but he’s not getting my vote. Leopards don’t really change their spots.