Of the three major newspapers in the country (Washington Post, NY Times, and LA Times) only the Los Angeles paper gave front page coverage to the fact that Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki supports Obama’s pullout plan. (The US government apparently pressured the Iraqis to step away from full throated support, but the disclaimer is not very convincing).
The New London Day put the story where it belongs: prominently featured on the front page.
The predominant narrative has McCain cast as a foreign policy expert and potential commander in chief par excellence, despite his lack of an foreign policy or diplomatic credentials (same as Obama) and despite his record of being consistently wrong in real time (the surge included, which has not achieved the goals it was supposed to achieve). It’s the one area where McCain leads Obama. Inexplicable but true. If Obama can shatter that narrative, and the al-Maliki comments have to help, then McCain will have lost his last best hope for election. Al-Maliki’s comments were important, and the Day is to be commended for giving them prominence.
The Courant, by the way, continues down the path of irrelevance, treating us to yet another story about yet another Cheshire resident who was eternally scarred by the murders there last year. There is one hard news story on the Courant’s front page, so I guess it’s actually a good day for them.
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