Pelosi said it was a local issue. Not anymore.

Noemie Emery:

. . . exactly how thrilled were the Democrats' candidates, already facing headwinds of epic proportions, to wake up Saturday morning to find out that their president had come out in favor of a Mega Mosque near Ground Zero, opposed by only two-thirds of American people, and added another to the impressive collection of millstones -- health care, the stimulus, the economy, Government Motors and a few other triumphs -- he had already hung round their necks?

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