Hamas unendorses Obama

When a senior Hamas advisor told radio listeners that he liked Barack Obama, the McCain camp had a field day and even used the news as fodder for a fundraising appeal. But after hearing Obama's Wednesday speech to AIPAC (pdf) -- the powerful pro-Israel lobbying organization -- the Palestinian Islamist group said that Obama is just like all the other U.S. politicians:

Obama's comments have confirmed that there will be no change in the U.S. administration's foreign policy on the Arab-Israeli conflict," Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters in Gaza.

"The Democratic and Republican parties support totally the Israeli occupation at the expense of the interests and rights of Arabs and Palestinians," he said.

"Hamas does not differentiate between the two presidential candidates, Obama and McCain, because their policies regarding the Arab-Israel conflict are the same and are hostile to us, therefore we do have no preference and are not wishing for either of them to win," Zuhri said.

Sometimes in politics, having the right enemies is key to winning friends. Mission accomplished?