AFL-CIO Forum Analysis

So the top 7 Democrats running for the office of U.S. President took the stage at Soldier field in the intense heat of Chicago and infront of over 10,ooo union members. The biggest story of the night was the good old battle of experience versus change when Clinton, Dodd, & Biden triple-teamed home town hero, Obama, on his foreign policy. This all began last week when Obama said he would attack Pakistan if he got intelligence bin-Laden was there, with or without the Pakistani leader's permission:"if Musharraf doesn't act, we will". Clinton and Dodd proved that they have the experience of foreign relations, making it clear that the goal is to stop islamic extremists, but Obama's plan would only disable Pakistan's already shaky government and could very well turn it into a nuclear power headed by those same islamic extremists that want us dead. Biden later chimed in saying that while everyone is entitled to their own opinions, there is only one fact. This can be seen as a shot at Obama for trying to undermine possibly our only ally in the War on Terror in the middle east. So who won that confrontation? Well for the people in attendance it was Obama and maybe for the far-left of the democratic party, Obama also scored some points. But Clinton, Dodd, & Biden showed their experience and appealed to main-stream America. Clinton and her buddies hace their eyes set on the general election, while Obama is trying to upset Clinton with the liberal caucas goers in Iowa. And finally who had a good showing last night? Well Clinton did as good as she always does. Her, Dodd, & Biden's experience showed. Richardson again did poorly. He has all the experience but just does horribly in these forum/debate settings. Obama did okay. He is trying to appeal to the far-left and did just that. Edwards failed, he was supposed to be the angry populist fighting for the working man, but Kucinich completely out-shined him. So if there was a debate winner it has to be Clinton, but if I was to base it on who appealed to be the best for the AFL-CIO, it was Kucinich.