Sen. Barack Obama, who has faced accusations in recent days that he is making a run for the political center, yesterday "dismissed criticism that he is abandoning his principles to move toward the political center, saying he has been consistent in embracing moderate views on several issues, especially his belief that pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq must be done 'carefully,'" the Washington Post reports this morning.

The New York Times reports Obama said yesterday, "Look, let me talk about the broader issue, this whole notion that I am shifting to the center. The people who say this apparently haven't been listening to me." The New York Post adds, "Republicans unloaded on Obama for his comments, compiling a list of 17 examples where they said he had flip-flopped. 'Everyone's been listening and still nobody knows what Barack Obama truly believes,' said John McCain's spokesman Tucker Bounds."

 

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