The Corner

by Walter Alarkon - 07/23/08 9:26 AM ET

Even though Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s support for a Barack Obama’s U.S. troop withdrawal schedule may help the Democrat politically, it doesn’t mean that a speedy withdrawal or Obama’s opposition to the military surge are the correct positions, writes Peter Wehner. Focus group data of Ohio voters shows that Obama is vulnerable among working-class voters for his “present” votes while in the Illinois state senate and his opposition to a bill aimed at protecting children who survived late-term abortion attempts, writes Peter Kirsanow.

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