Obama Already Trying to Walk Back Remarks Supporting Ground Zero Mosque

President Obama is already trying to walk back his remarks yesterday in support of the Ground Zero Mosque. In Florida today, Obama tried to say he was not endorsing the “wisdom” of the project, only saying they have a “right” to do it:

Politico: Speaking to reporters today, President Obama drew a sharp line under his comments last night, insisting that his defense of the right to build a mosque does not mean he supports the project.

“I was not commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making the decision to put a mosque there. I was commenting very specifically on the right people have that dates back to our founding,” he said.

Obama’s new stance is logically consistent with his words last night, if a bit less “clarion,” as Mike Bloomberg called the first remarks. And there are certainly two possible stances here: Bloomberg’s, that the Cordoba project itself represents the best of America; and Obama’s, that the freedom of religion is an important American value.

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I wonder how many nervous Democrats the White House has heard from since last night? Good luck on trying to walk this back. It’s out there, and Obama owns his support for the Ground Zero Mosque forever.