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He should move to the left.
Posted by thejefflarson at 06/19/2008
I agree, Jeff. It's the best strategy he can follow.
Posted by jconnell at 06/19/2008
Obama is the next president, regardless of which of these 3 approaches he takes. McCain & the disastrous GOP record make this possible.
There is no suspenseful question about outcome other than the size of the Democratic majorities in the House & Senate.
Posted by sloper at 06/19/2008
We all need to take serious stock of the challenge faced by an African-American candidate for US President. Moving to the "left" is not an option. I'd say Senator Obama has done well and should stay the course. There is no way, he will go to the right or center as that would gut the essence of his campaign.
Posted by elzorro at 06/19/2008
He's done a good job threading the needle thus far -- yep, why fix it if it ain't broke?
Don't forget he has the youth vote, which is turning out to be probably a bigger factor than the far left ever could be..
Posted by Ham_I_Am at 06/20/2008
Taking such positions as would constitute a 'move to the left' would have the virtue of being factually and logically defensible. The other approaches tend towards minimizing substance, placating the punditocracy, aipac, etc., which has been tried before endlessly to one dead end after another. It would be the sheer audacity of hope, if you will, to have someone really speak truth to power. But then, that probably wouldn't be 'responsible'.
Posted by crweaver at 06/20/2008
Dont accept advice from those who do not share your dreams
Posted by LibsWarnedU at 06/20/2008
Obam should select Bob Graham as his Vice President, as Graham sat on the Intel Cmt. , knows where the skeletons are buried and could insure that if Obama were incapacitated he would carry on ending this war. Secondly, Graham can help tremendously in Florida, has served as both governor and senator and is older, negating the experience issue. Otherwise, Obama needn't change anything he is already doing.
Posted by hrayovac at 06/20/2008
The most important goal of Obama should be sure up his base, which polls show he has been doing just that, while at the same time bringing more independents and Republicans over to his side.
The only possible way to do that is to move slightly left of center, keeping the progressive movement alive, but also championing policy that appeals to both Moderate Republicans and Independents.
Posted by JustinPugh at 06/20/2008
After reading Naomi Kleins piece this week, it is obvious he has sailed to the right . We had better not waste any money on his candidacy: Contribute to Progressive Congressional persons as we are going to need many votes to override his trickle down economics. Next watch him advise drilling in Anwar, and off the coast. People we lost
Posted by ALIREINER at 06/20/2008
Obama says, "No public financing. I love Wall Street. And free trade. " Vote Nader!
Posted by ebennet at 06/20/2008
Obama's gonna raise better than 500 million. And the press is gonna spend the next eight years telling us he's not BOUGHT!
FIVE HUNDRED MILLION folks. And he's not going to "OWE" anybody?
My Nader sign is already up and I'm ordering more....
Posted by bleedingheart at 06/20/2008
Good suggestion ... don't donate to Obama, donate to progressive congressional & senatorial candidates instead, and your support will go much further towards giving the Dems some backbone.
Posted by sloper at 06/21/2008
Barack should stay the course he has blazed thus far. His message and his strongest appeal is an end to the politics of division and discord. He needs to continue to champion the highest and best within our heritage and within ourselves. There is a vital and shining core of ideals that make America the last, best hope. These are neither right, nor left they are true. This core is what Barack based his hope on and he should stick to them.
Posted by Valeroso08 at 06/21/2008
The greatest attribute of Barack Obama is his ability to appear to be less progressive than he actually is.
At least, this is what I hope. He has one shining achievement, his vote against the Iraq War, for which conservatives, incredibly enough, have not yet been able to brand Obama a sissy. This is the fact upon which my hope is built.
Obama should continue to talk quietly, but to speak the truth. Above all, he should speak about economic truths that the architects of our plutocratic establishment would most like to hide. He does not have to go ballistic like Keith Olbermann, just continue to be his own cool self. But he should not neglect to talk frankly about the continually horrible costs of war, the deterioration of our country's economic center, the anti-democratic corruption of our political process, the human-caused overheating of the global climate, and the lawless imperialism of the national-security state that Cheney and Bush have created.
In other words, yes, he should talk left, but he should do so calmly. Facts like these do not need to be shouted. Let Obama's coolness give false assurance to the Right, and let his honesty - so well articulated in his speech on race - strengthen and expand the Left.
Posted by JakobFabian at 06/22/2008
Win first, then shift to the left - HARD left.
Have at you, neocons!
sloper is correct. It'll be President Obama regardless. No one can f*** up as much in this country as the Republicans have over their 10 years of uncontested rule and not pay the ultimate price.
Once the new Great Depression is in full swing - brought on, just like the last one, by the same amoral shareholders Repubs like to brag about serving - we'll see the resurgence of populism and a new New Deal. And I predict that it'll be two decades before anyone trusts the GOP again.
So depending on your viewpoint, these will be either the worst decades or the best that you'll ever know.
Peace out,
- MW
Posted by MisterWrite at 06/23/2008
He should move to another country. It's really just a contest to see which candidate can flip-flop like a windsock the most. Neither of them are good, and I'm no longer content with the less bad.
You shouldn't be, either.
Posted by vox at 06/25/2008