obama woos the world and here are the headlines at home...

[spanone]

Obama, Vague on Issues, Pleases Crowd in Europe
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/25/us/politics/25assess.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

McCain May Act Soon on Running Mate Selection
http://www.washingtonpost.com/


Obama wows Europe — vaguely
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

[bdamomma]

1. the world knows when they see a leader.

I hope those who are out there, pick up on their intuition.

[Tim4319]

2. Vague!

The new talking point.

[Virginia Dare]

3. What's vague about vowing to clean up Bushco's debacle?

the German's seemed to understand the message loud and clear.

[bdamomma]

4. yea, the Germans are hoping we hear the message of Obama.

[CTyankee]

9. Yep, and English is not their first language. Think of that!!! n/t

[GreenEyedLefty]

5. Christ, he's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't...

...act presidential, that is.

Wasn't there rumblings among the media that if Obama acted more presidential then he SHOULD then he would step on the toes of the current president?

But having been careful not to step on any toes, he's now vague?

I hate the media.

[malaise]

6. Of course he's vague

They have no gaffes to spin. Remember they sent out the big hacks and caught nothing.

[rucky]

7. And if he were specific, he'd be accused of initiating policy

which is sorta illegal if you're not authorized by the president.

[LibertyLover]

8. And this morning I read that Obama

had decided against visiting wounded solders while on this trip feeling that it was an inappropriate action because the trip had been paid for with campaign funds. My first thought was 'wow, integrity in campaigning - what a concept". The next paragraph in the 2 paragraph article got me mad however - it was about how McCain responded, saying that by not visiting the troops Sen. Obama had shown how much he disrespected them. Of course if Obama had visited the troops McCain would have complained that he was using them to get elected.

[Sparkly]

10. I smell a new RNC tactic: "Vague...."

Which is the opposite of "laundry list" or the dreaded "wonky."

[La Lioness Priyanka]

11. the nytimes article explains the headline well. he did please crowds

but heads of states did not get any concrete policy decisions, which is clever for obama because he doesnt want to get lampooned in the states for saying something possibly controversial abroad.

[spanone]

12. if he talked ANY policy they would have crucified him here at home

[La Lioness Priyanka]

13. yup but the headline and the article are accurate. i dont believe in criticizing the media

when they are doing their job.

[spanone]

14. it's vaguely accurate