Posted: Mon 07 Jul 2008 14:55 Post subject: Obama's turn toward Center
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(CNSNews.com) - As Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) apparently moves toward the political middle, he has offended one of the more influential liberal voices in the new media.
Markos Moulitsas, founder of the highly popular Daily Kos blog, denounced Obama for voting for the domestic surveillance legislation that provides limited immunity to telecommunication companies and for criticizing the left-wing activist group MoveOn.org.
“There is a line between ‘moving to the center’ and stabbing your allies in the back out of fear of being criticized. And, of late, he’s been doing a lot of unnecessary stabbing, betraying his claims of being a new kind of politician,” Moulitsas wrote on his site. “Not that I ever bought it, but Obama is now clearly not looking much different than every other Democratic politician who has ever turned his or her back on the base to prove centrist bona fides.”
The critique from the Daily Kos founder is significant in that the blog has become the bible of the left in recent years, has sponsored events where Democratic presidential candidates speak, and played a potentially significant role in Obama’s nomination as the blog was decidedly against New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and centrist Democratic policies.
After former President Bill Clinton’s two terms, it appeared the centrist Democratic Leadership Council had gained greater influence in the party. That was until the grassroots effort led largely by Daily Kos and MoveOn.org led to the reemergence of the party’s left wing.
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Posted: Mon 07 Jul 2008 15:16 Post subject:
What a shock. Barack Obama actually wants to win the election. And it looks like he's going to. When you ask voters to say one word that he brings to mind it is most likely to be "Change." McCain brings to mind "Old." Ouch.
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Posted: Mon 07 Jul 2008 18:43 Post subject:
MisterLawyer wrote:
What a shock. Barack Obama actually wants to win the election. And it looks like he's going to. When you ask voters to say one word that he brings to mind it is most likely to be "Change." McCain brings to mind "Old." Ouch.
What sort of change is it that Obama is for? Not all "change" is for the good. Granted, Bush has all but destroyed this country, run it into the ground. You think gas prices are high now, wait until Obama gets his hands on it and taxes the "windfall profits" of the oil companies. What will Big Oil do, why they will just pass that along to us, the consumer. McCain is bad, but at least he has some sort of military experience. I think as times become more challenging, people will see that as an asset. If we were in a climate like the 90s, Obama would win in a landslide. As the cold weather will near and oil is $4.50 per gallon, or more, people are going to want action. There is a distinct possibility that all this might lead into a war. Who knows, Obama might be a good leader. But I think as the election nears, people are not going to take that chance.
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