Originally Posted by frogstamper

The biggest thing most Americans want is change, Obama has played this card to perfection from the start, even McCain who I saw on ABC last night is emphasising change and more change, but his problem is Iraq, his publicly stated that the US should stay for 100 years to get the job done, to a lot of people that is what they are calling in the states Bush 3. On the other hand I don't think Obama will have the troops out in 12 to 18 months of taking office, I believe he will go for the British option of a mass withdrawal to say 20,000 or so in bases outside Baghdad, putting them generally out of harms way. As regards Hilary, I'd like to see her on the ticket, purely because she has garnered a lot of support in the Democratic party and united together they stand a much better chance of taking the White House.