Barack Obama is not any particular thing, ergo he is nothing.

He’s ready to refine his position on Iraq and troop withdrawal:

Obama told reporters in Fargo, N.D., that he is “going to do a thorough assessment.”

“When I go to Iraq and I have a chance to talk to some of the commanders on the ground, I’m sure I’ll have more information and will continue to refine my policies,” he said, according to CBS News. “I have been consistent, throughout this process, that I believe the war in Iraq was a mistake.”

He has been consistent? Not at all. Just two weeks ago, Obama looked like this:

While Sen. Barack Obama says he’ll visit Iraq and Afghanistan before the election, he’s staying consistent with his plans to start withdrawing U.S. troops almost immediately should he become president.

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The war in Iraq is a key issue for voters in the United States, and Obama and Sen. John McCain offer vastly different solutions for how to handle it.

Obama supports a phased withdrawal of troops. He says he’d remove all combat brigades from Iraq within 16 months of taking office if he becomes president.

Obama’s position two weeks ago was vastly different than John McCain’s; now, not so much.

I remember in the days before these intertubes when it was asserted that Bill Clinton had no core beliefs. Clinton protested that he did. It seems obvious today that Obama has no core beliefs, that he’s nothing.

John McCain? He has some core beliefs with which a disagree deeply, many more with which I agree, but either way, he stands for things. Obama, on the other hand, is nothing. (You know, same was true of Kerry, Clinton (Bill), probably Dukakis. You know, we have to go back to Fritz to find a Dem nominee who stood for something. Tax increases.)