A seemingly worried Matt Lauer hit Barack Obama from the left as the "Today" co-host warned the Democratic presidential nominee, on Wednesday's "Today," that "people" were "nervous" about any perceived shift to the center on his part. First up Lauer recited, to Obama, liberal "New York Times" columnist Bob Herbert's fears that the Illinois Senator was, "lurching to the right." LAUER: Let me read you what Bob Herbert said or wrote in the "New York Times," on Tuesday. He said this, quote, "Senator Obama is not just tacking gently toward the center. He's lurching right when it suits him, he's zigging with the kind of reckless abandon that's guaranteed to cause disillusion, if not whiplash." Then Lauer pushed Obama, from the left, on Iraq: LAUER: And on Iraq when, when throughout the primaries you did talk about this, this idea of getting U.S. troops out within 16 months of being elected and now you say, "Look I'll talk to commanders and generals on the ground and my, my ideas are being refined." People do get nervous about that Senator, you understand that? The following is the full interview as it occurred on the July 9, "Today" show: MATT LAUER: Senator Barack Obama is on Capitol Hill this morning, Senator good morning to you. BARACK OBAMA: Good morning, Matt. LAUER: So let me start right off with if you were President of the United States this morning what would your immediate be, your immediate response be to these missile tests b ...
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