is to run as his exact opposite. can he think he might be just the ticket? hi, i m chris mathews. welcome to the show. with us today, howard fineman. and helene cooper. first off, some say that presidents grow in the job and by that they mean presidents are not always predictable. when it comes to war and peace in american power, barack obama certainly is one of the unpredictable ones. he won the democratic nomination and then the white house by running against the iraq war. here he was way ahead of most politicians back before the invasion of iraq in 2002. i don t oppose war in all circumstances. what i do oppose is a dumb war. once chris: once in the white house the president surprised when he announced his decision to ramp up in afghanistan. he said it was in our vital national interest. i do not make this decision lightly. i opposed the war in iraq precisely because i believe that we must exercise restraint in the use of military force. and always consider the lon
thing to do or never the right thing? and finally, haley s comet. he thinks the way to beat obama is to run as his exact opposite. can he think he might be just the ticket? hi, i m chris mathews. welcome to the show. with us today, howard fineman. and helene cooper. first off, some say that presidents grow in the job and by that they mean presidents are not always predictable. when it comes to war and peace in american power, barack obama certainly is one of the unpredictable ones. he won the democratic nomination and then the white house by running against the iraq war. here he was way ahead of most politicians back before the invasion of iraq in 2002. i don t oppose war inll circumstances. what i do oppose is a dumb war. once chris: once in the white house the president surprised when he announced his decision to ramp up in afghanistan. he said it was in our vital national interest. i do not make this decision lightly. i opposed the war in iraq precisely because i b