I know many of you probably watched this thing but here is a short excert to show Cardin's lack of resolve and expert ability to flip in the shortest period of time:
Russert: You now say pull the troops out in ‘07 whether there’s a stable Iraq or not.
Cardin: No, what I said was we need to start bringing our troops home, yes.
Russert: From the Baltimore Sun... "'Cardin said he’d be willing to vote to cut off funding for the war. ‘If Democrats could present it in the right way, I would clearly support it.’” You would vote to cut off funding for our troops while the war’s going on?
Cardin: No. I will never support turning our backs on our troops.
Russert: But do you stand by your comment, you would consider cutting off funding?
Cardin: There’s a lot of different options that Congress can consider, including contingencies of funds.
Russert: But you would consider cutter off — cutting off funding for the war.
Cardin: I would consider using the appropriation process, I will not support putting our troops at risk.
Just a short example of the wishy-washy, none answering, none committing Cardin. The entire interview went this way. Although Steele proposed a 6 month plan to get out of Iraq that I question, he overwhelmed Cardin point by point. I certainly hope a lot of MDers got to watch this one.
Run away!