When do you think we'll be getting coverage of Obama abroad?

[gateley]

I know they're not nailing down the exact schedule for security reasons, but shouldn't something be happening soon? (Like I know how long it takes to fly "over there" - or even when he departed :eyes:)

I'm looking forward to seeing the looks on the troops' faces in the Obama crowds contrasted with the looks on their faces during McCain's visit.

[pennylane100]

1. Has he gone already,

I have not been paying attention to the news today. Please God keep him (and his family, they went with him) safe.

[madura]

4. i dont' pray much, but i pray for his safety

omg when i think of the enemies he has from all directions.,...

::sobs::

[elehhhhna]

6. and doing him harm over there would be super convenient to the BA

[Virginia Dare]

18. His most dangerous enemies are right here apparently..

his fellow countrymen..:mad:

[gateley]

8. He'll probably go to Europe first then, don't you think?

Don't think he'd take his family to the ME.

I'm sure security is TIGHT.

[gblady]

13. is the family....

going with him???

[gateley]

16. pennylane100 said they did (response #1). nt

[nsd]

14. He's going to the Middle East first.

The family isn't coming with him.

[gateley]

20. No offense, but I think I'll check with John McCain to verify that.

:7

[DFLforever]

2. We'll get coverage of Iraq once he's out.

That's the way they usually do it.

I'm not sure how they'll handle the high-security ME sites.

Europe will be the tail end of his trip.

[gateley]

9. Oh - I didn't know we got the info after.

Andrea Mitchell was reporting from Baghdad today.

[cap]

3. I just hope McCain starts telling him he needs to do some more foreign travel

and huge crowds start showing up for Obama all over the world! What a bump that would be!

[elehhhhna]

5. Probably in the am tomorrow -- they're at least 10 hours ahead of us...

[babylonsister]

7. He'll be landing today or tomorrow, according to McCAIN...

:grr:

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/204672.php
Did McCain Let The Cat Out Of The Bag?

Did He Really Just Do That?
07.18.08 -- 4:07PM
By Josh Marshall

This is the lead on a story just out over the Reuters wire ...

Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Friday that his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, is likely to be in Iraq over the weekend.

The Obama campaign has tried to cloak the Illinois senator's trip in some measure of secrecy for security reasons. The White House, State Department and Pentagon do not announce senior officials' visits to Iraq in advance.

"I believe that either today or tomorrow -- and I'm not privy to his schedule -- Sen. Obama will be landing in Iraq with some other senators" who make up a congressional delegation, McCain told a campaign fund-raising luncheon.

The Reuters piece hints at it. But if Obama is going to be in Iraq this weekend, this is a major breach on McCain's part. As a knowledgeable insider notes ...

If it is true that Obama is going to Iraq this weekend, it is a very serious mistake for McCain to have disclosed it publically. Even for run-of-the-mill CODELs the military gives guidance like, "Please strongly discourage Congressional offices from issuing press releases prior to their trips which mention their intent to travel to the AOR and/or the dates of that travel or their scheduled meetings. Such releases are a serious compromise to OPSEC." If Obama is going to Iraq this weekend, I can not begin to imagine how much this is complicating the security planning for the trip.

It's known that Obama is leaving on his foreign trip this weekend and the Journal OpEd page this morning said that Obama could arrive in Iraq "as early as this weekend." And with a slew of reporters in tow, it's not exactly highly classified information. But there is a reason definite information about these sorts of trips aren't released in advance.

Hypothetically, maybe McCain was just guessing. But even so it would still be a serious lapse of judgment on his part.

We're seeing what more we can find out.

[gateley]

10. Oh, McCain. (shaking head)

What an idiot.

[Phx_Dem]

11. What do we expect

from that senile old man. He's pathetic.

I think we won't hear or see anything from Obama or his pool reporters until tomorrow. Friday is news dump day so that's probably why they're traveling today.

[redstate_democrat]

15. FUCK THAT TRAITOROUS BASTARD!

MCCAIN IS A FUCKING FAT-NECKED TROGLODYTE. GAWD I CANT STAND HIM.

:mad:

[depakid]

12. Let the guy recover from jet lag, will ya?

[gateley]

17. I'm not demanding photo proof - just curious if anybody knows. nt

[Virginia Dare]

19. A lot of us are understandably anxious to hear some news...n/t