Obama laid into Cheney today, and this is the sort of thing all of our candidates who have the media spotlight should be doing.
From an AP report on Huffington Post:
Obama, speaking at a massive outdoor rally in Austin, Texas, said British Prime Minister Tony Blair's decision this week to withdraw 1,600 troops is a recognition that Iraq's problems can't be solved militarily.
"Now if Tony Blair can understand that, than why can't George Bush and Dick Cheney understand that?" Obama asked thousands of supporters who gathered in the rain to hear him. "In fact, Dick Cheney said this is all part of the plan (and) it was a good thing that Tony Blair was withdrawing, even as the administration is preparing to put 20,000 more of our young men and women in.
"Now, keep in mind, this is the same guy that said we'd be greeted as liberators, the same guy that said that we're in the last throes. I'm sure he forecast sun today," Obama said to laughter from supporters holding campaign signs over the heads to keep dry. "When Dick Cheney says it's a good thing, you know that you've probably got some big problems."
This is how a candidate for the Democratic Nomination for President of the United States should be conducting their campaign. Put the petty infighting crap behind you and forge ahead addressing real issues and real events happening today.
This is why I support Obama. He responds to a direct attack from a fellow Democrat with style, shoves it aside, and forges ahead showing why Democrats are better than Republicans and can handle the real issues we face better than Republicans.
I'd like to see more of this from more of our candidates. I'll be watching to see who will follow this lead in the current field and who will simply resort to more petty attacks over what some supporter or other said.