The Roundtable

Rich Lowry - National Review, Eugene Robinson - Wash Post, Chuck Todd - NBC, Michele Norris - NPR

• Chuck Todd - Obama said we are going to have a new Gitmo, just changing the name of Gitmo, calling them "prisoners of war" and can still hold them indefinitely. Change?
• Rich Lowry - Obama has accepted the principles of the Bush counterterrorism efforts. Obama disingenuous for continuing the policies after defaming them for 4 + years
• Michele Norris - Obama unafraid of engaging difficult issues. Obama intentionally chose Thursday to go head-to-head with Cheney
  
• Chuck Todd - Cheney's principles are popular, Cheney is not. Cheney's brand makes it easier for Obama to win that debate
• Eugene Robinson is incoherent...
• Lowry - Cheney motivated by honor, nobody in Republican Party with 60% approval to make the argument that Cheney makes
• Lowry - That Pelosi (who has impressive human rights credentials) did not raise "holy hell" about waterboarding shows that it exists in a murky area.
  
• Chuck Todd - Why announce nominee next week? Congress isn't here. Don't want a political fight, too early to jeopardize popularity.
• Lowry - False choice for Cheney between Limbaugh and Powell in GOP. We need both obviously!