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HT to Charlie on the Turnpike for this one:

Obama: Dems need tough security stance

By MIKE GLOVER, AP Political Writer Sun Sep 17, 7:21 PM ET

INDIANOLA, Iowa - Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., warned Democratic activists Sunday that the party must take a tougher stance on national security if it wants to succeed in the November elections.

"What Democrats have to do is to close the deal," said Obama, the keynote speaker at Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin (news, bio, voting record)'s 29th annual steak fry. "We have got to show we have a serious agenda for change."

Obama's appearance in Iowa, where precinct caucuses launch the presidential season, has raised a number of eyebrows about his intentions for a presidential run in 2008. Though only a first-term senator, Obama has burst onto the national scene.

But he wouldn't say Sunday whether he was considering a run at the White House.

"My only attentions right now are focused on '06," said Obama. "Whoever is looking toward 2008 without focusing on 2006 makes a mistake."

The TrekMedic ponders:

I wonder how long Obama's polictical career will last, now? Methinks such independent thinking amongst the Democrats will get Obama the Joe Lieberman treatment.