During a nationally televised news program today, This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Barack Obama disclosed he once considered serving in the military. This is a very transparent move to bolster his national security credentials and occurred the day after a release of a Greenberg-Quinlan-Rosner poll that showed a widening credibility gap that the Democratic Party has with the voters over national security issues.  Obama is also running against John McCain, whose compelling personal story derives, in part, from being an heir to a long line of sailors who defended America, and from his own military service during the Vietnam War. McCain also movingly described the ennobling experience of having been a prisoner of war for years during the Vietnam war-an experience that changed his life and imbued him with a  sense of love for his nation that  overcame his own youthful ego.Barack Obama has received a huge amount of support from groups such as MoveOn. Org who have made...(Read Full Post)