I dunno, there's something inanely tempting about locking him up and giving him every 'American decedent' luxury and putting it on a live internet feed.. (grin)

Yeah, I agree, Obama did well. Recommended.

He's been doing this for weeks now by stressing his less "liberal" positions. I think people sometimes forget that pushing the "ultra-liberal" label was once the main GOP plan for taking him down. When that gets thwarted, they try to call the Dem candidates refusal to live up to the "ultra-liberal" label the result of "flip-flopping." We'll have to see how that goes.

With the radical label off the table (as it appears now, at least), I think Obama will win mainly because he's likeable, charismatic, and appears level-headed. Those intangibles seem to be what it usually comes down to.

Seems to me killing him would just make him a martyr. Locking him up would be better, but not in Gitmo.

I don't think he is pandering. I mean, first, can we say how brilliant Obama is, not knowledge wise- but how to say something and nuance the hell out of it. Everytime I read stories people have of him, they always say they walk out of the room thinking he agreed with them. The entire response was that he is not a cheerleader for the death penalty but killing 3000 Americans justifies this action. Also, not only will we bring him to American justice but also world justice. There is a huge difference between Americans killing Osama, he will then get martyr standing, but if the WORLD agrees then it would be hard to martyr if it wasn't Bush-like justice.

tennismom, I don't believe that Obama ever said or even implied there would be no trial. I am pretty sure his statement was that IF Osama is caught and CONVICTED that the death penalty was justified in his case.

I really think that so many of these things that Obama is being accused of flip-flopping on, or backing away from his progressive stance on, are actually quite consistant with his message all along. He has always talked about common sense, non-ideological, non-absolutist approaches to wedge-type issues. He has consistanatly written (in his books) and spoken about the importance of seeing both sides of complicated problems and not taking an all-or-nothing approach. This may not be the Obama that some on the left were hoping for, but he is running for President of the United States - not President of the Democratic party or the progressive movement. Our current president has shown us what you get when you govern for only half the country - I for one am all for a more universal executive.

Shows to go ya - no honor among Muslims

Well said -- I think that's exactly what he's doing, and that he's doing it well. Long-term, big-picture thinking. What a concept.

Never an investigation into 9/11? I suppose you think the 9/11 commission was a sham, and bin Laden's confession tape doctored?

Bin Laden was behind 9/11, and he should be brought to justice.

He also wants to execute child molesters (even if they don't kill their victims). I'm not sure why this would be a surprise.

Obama admitted responsibility for 9/11.