12-18-2008, 09:35 PM
$tevie wrote:
Wooing the Evangelicals. Spreading out that big tent. It's going to tick a lot of people off, but it's not like Obama wasn't clear about his aim to be inclusive of groups not normally thought of as potential Democrats.
during the primaries i debated with my more radical friends regarding their support for Obama over Clinton. a hard choice for them in every way but the deal tipper for them is that Clinton was not progressive enough. i asked them if they really thought Obama would be able to govern from as far left a position as they would settle for. they rosily said 'Yes.'
as Obama secured the nomination he tacked more and more to center. i was not surprised. my friends are very disappointed. sometimes i wonder what are they smokin'?