Weekend open thread

Posted By Joshua Keating Friday, May 16, 2008 - 6:07 PM Share

Have a great weekend everyone. Here's an open-thread question for you: In light of this week's uproar over Bush's Knesset speech, will Barack Obama's stated willingness to negotiate with hostile regimes be an electoral liability, or an advantage?

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LOLACAUST

11:39 PM ET

May 16, 2008

Joshua Keating deserves a

Joshua Keating deserves a beating.

PS - Obama did WTC

OBAMADIDWTC

11:52 PM ET

May 16, 2008

It was a pretty

It was a pretty loosely-stated commitment that he could easily get out of and I think both sides know this despite the hyperbole. Hamas will make a poor enough negotiating partner that starting and then quickly ending negotiations will not look that bad.

Also, LOLacaust's comment above was in very poor taste and should be removed.

JGARZIK

3:08 PM ET

May 17, 2008

Weekend briefs

Here are my open thread questions:

* Where have the weekend open threads gone, lately?

* Is it that much trouble to auto-post a weekend open thread post?

* Plenty of geopolitically-relevant events happen over the weekend. What about figuring out some way to create weekend briefs?

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