Thursday, June 26, 2008

Obama's middle name, no more!

Why is Obama running away from his own middle name? Jack Tapper from ABC news has this to say in his blog:

"It's one thing for Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, to distance himself from his minister, his home lender, his pledge to try to work out an agreement to use public financing, or the importance of telecom immunity in the FISA bill.

But his own middle initial?

Clearly, however, the middle name "Hussein" is not an automatic crowd-winner, and the Obama campaign is sensitive to any reminder -- no matter how internal or benign -- of said name."

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