Obama Calls for Easing Cuba Travel Restrictions

See--these are type of comments that get you in trouble, Barack. I realize that you are giving an honest answer, and it is refreshing. Nevertheless, it is an example of views that will keep you from being elected. This issue only appeals to a narrow base of leftists; nothing that will help you win next year. Additionally, you've just lost the State of Florida, with its powerful Cuban-American vote. Hillary is way ahead because her comments are thoroughly vetted even before she makes them. Politics today is all about talking points and image creation. Thoughtful views will get you nowhere:

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is leaping into the long-running Cuba debate by calling for the United States to ease restrictions for Cuban-Americans who want to visit the island or send money home.

Obama’s campaign said Monday that, if elected, the Illinois senator would lift restrictions imposed by the Bush administration and allow Cuban-Americans to visit their relatives more frequently, as well as ease limits on the amount of money they can send to their families.

I personally believe that sanctions on Cuba should be eased. The embargo has been a gigantic failure. All it did was to give Castro an excuse all these years. Allowing movement of people and trade with that island would undermine to the dictatorship there. Then again I'm not running for President:

The Cuban-exile vote is considered key to winning Florida, and top presidential candidates have generally followed the recommendations of the community’s most hard-line and vocal leaders, who support a full embargo against Fidel Castro’s government. Castro, 80, is in poor health and turned over temporary power last year to his brother Raul.