By GottaLaff

George Stephanopopopolopusnuffleupagus interviews Barack Obama. Here's a preview:

ABC News' George Stephanopoulos Reports: Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., admitted this weekend that his response on the definition of human life at Rick Warren's Saddleback Forum was "probably" too flip.

When asked at what point a baby gains human rights, Obama said last month "that whether you're looking at it from a theological perspective or a scientific perspective, answering that question with specificity, you know, is above my pay grade."

But in an exclusive "This Week" interview airing this morning, Obama told Stephanopoulos "what I intended to say is that, as a Christian, I have a lot of humility...all I meant to communicate was that I don’t presume to be able to answer these kinds of theological questions."

Obama went on to explain, "that abortion is a moral issue, that it’s one that families struggle with all the time. And that in wrestling with those issues, I don’t think that the government criminalizing the choices that families make is the best answer for reducing abortions."

"The better answer...is to figure out, how do we make sure the young mothers, or women who have a pregnancy that’s unexpected or difficult, have the kind of support they need to make a whole range of choices, including adoption and keeping the child," he said.

Liveblogging:

Obama is refuting McCain's lies about Obama raising taxes. Good. Growth from the bottom up, he says. He says it's wise to raise revenues if there's a huge deficit, which there is, due to the Bush/McCain policies. We can't keep borrowing from the Chinese, he says.

We can't eliminate the deficit, but we can stabilize it, and give tax relief to middle class families.

George keeps asking him if he's going to increase taxes. Obama keeps correcting him.

Palin question: Ha! He just smiled and wondered if she would accept an invitation to George's show. He's sticking with his Palin/Bush/McCain line. He won't dig at her.

We didn't hear any economic policy talk from them, he says. Nothing to help families, etc.

"I also knew that Russia was next to Alaska on the map." Snap!

On her experience, he's responding by listing his own experience with foreign policy issues, and looks forward to debating. He's not into resume wars, back and forthing.

Community organizing: "I worked with churches, set up job training and after school programs. Asbestos in homes. Poor people. McCain says put country first... that's what I did from ages 24-27 before I went to law school. It's curious to me that they'd mock that."

Subtle racial code? "I didn't hear that. From folks who tried to grab the change banner, they have a very conservative view...."

Military? I signed up for selective service in high school. Military service is a noble option. But the Viet Nam war was over, no active military conflict, so it's not an option I decided to pursue. But for those who do go into the military, they should be treated right. McCain and I disagree here... on PTSD, veteran issues...

Change vs. bipartisanship: No, I didn't vote with Bush. The point isn't breaking with party, the point is voting with Bush's policy. Who's more likely to change that? Me. The Republicans controlled the agenda, so I voted against the Rs about issues I felt strongly about. Breaking with party: You can get [plenty of] testimony that says I've worked with Rs. How you campaign foreshadows how you're gonna govern. [can't keep up here]

I'll insist on an audit of every bit of government spending; I'll have arguments with Dems about which programs don't work. ... Ex: The way we fund Medicare has to be reexamined. Fee for service doesn't measure if the service is actually needed, the quality. We can improve care and save taxpayers.

Iraq: They have yet to define victory. Poorly conceived mission, so to talk about victory.... Bush made a huge strategic blunder, drove a car off a ditch. I think we can get the car back on the road, but ... The troops have done great, improvements in violence had to do with the surge and the Sunni awakening... But why does McCain snatch defeat from victory? Maliki says we're ready to give Iraqis responsibility... McCain is resistant, even when Bush says they're ready.

Why are people so focused on the last 18 mos, but not the last 5 years? My whole premise has always been it was a distraction to go to Iraq... we had to make the best. At the time of the surge, it didn't address the underlying problem of political differences. ... and to provide the strategy that would allow us to move forward. That wasn't part of the surge. Yes, the surge reduced violence more than we expected. But, the judgment should have been whether to give an open ended blank check to Bush, or to pressure him to plan to wind the war down.

Muslim connections, Rick Davis said they never did that: These guys love to throw a rock and hide their hand. When you look at what's on Fox news, mostly allied to these folks... The minute Palin was forced to talk about her daughter, I said that's off limits. What did McCain's camp do? They accused the liberal blogs who support Obama are attacking Palin. Let's not play games. McCain hasn't talked about my faith, said I'm Muslim, but it's fair to say that coming out of the Republican camp, there have been suggestions that I'm not who I say I am, deeply offensive.

There's a real difference between the parties. McCain's a good man, has embraced and adopted the George Bush economic platform. Mine's different. If we help the middle class have lower taxes, send kids to college, green technology, the economy will grow more. If I can make that clear, America will make their assessment. McCain choice = same government. Obama = different one. If they like the last 8 years, they'll go with him. If not, me.