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Originally Posted by Kandahar  Well I don't know anything about the particular groups hosting this. Are they fairly mainstream, non-partisan groups? Or are they right-wingnuts like the American Legion and VFW? If it's the latter, I can understand why Obama doesn't want to participate; there are no votes to gain by participating. If it's the former, he's probably just holding out to extract some concession from McCain. If they're going to do a format that plays to McCain's strengths, Obama probably wants McCain to agree to a format that plays to Obama's strengths. |
They are the American military and their supporters who he wants to gain command of.
McCain went on Ellen's show and told her he opposes Gay marriage.
Obama can't bear to do the equivalent because it could easily put a serious kink in his plans.