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September 05, 2008

Could the News This Morning Be Worse for McCain
Posted by Ilan Goldenberg

The night after his acceptance speech we find out that the economy lost another 84,000 jobs and that unemployment is now at 6.1% - a five year high.  Meanwhile, our leading commanders in Iraq think that we need to maintain current troop levels because:

Petraeus cited several areas of ongoing concern, including the postponement of provincial elections initially scheduled for this month, the disputed status of the northern city of Kirkuk, lingering ethno-sectarian conflicts, and questions surrounding the future of a local security force known as the Sons of Iraq.Petraeus cited several areas of ongoing concern, including the postponement of provincial elections initially scheduled for this month, the disputed status of the northern city of Kirkuk, lingering ethno-sectarian conflicts, and questions surrounding the future of a local security force known as the Sons of Iraq.

In other words there has been no political reconciliation and as a result the security gains have not been consolidated and the situation remains tenuous.

These problems are of course all the results of the terrible policies of the past eight years.  Policies that John McCain has supported and that are the responsibility of his political party.  And outside of painting himself as a hero and a maverick last night, McCain offered no vision on how he solves any of this.

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