Obama lists three benchmarks for his term – fat chance

First, of course, you have to be elected.

But, let’s assume that, for argument’s sake. Given your cave on FISA, your back-step on gun control, your opt-out on campaign finance and your continue to fund the war in Iraq, will you really achieve what you targeted in Politico? (Toggle the full/summary link for the post to “full,” and the comments are just below:

“If I haven’t gotten combat troops out of Iraq, passed universal health care and created a new energy policy that speaks to our dependence on foreign oil and deals seriously with global warming, then we’ve missed the boat. Those are three big jobs, so it’s going to require a lot of attention and imagination, and it’s going to require the American people feeling inspired enough that they’re prepared to take on these big challenges.”

Well, specific to these three, as I already mentioned, you continue to vote for war funding. Plus, your own plan allows for “reinjecting” combat troops, and doesn’t define what “combat troops” mean. (Remember, we had “advisors” in Vietnam before “combat troops.”)

On national healthcare, wiser heads than mine, starting with Paul Krugman, have pointed out you don’t call for national healthcare right now.

And, deal seriously with global warming? Try stopping your suck-up to clean slightly less dirty coal.