12-18-2008, 09:54 PM
Here's where I think this is headed. Still way too early, though, to be sure:
During the election, the left wing (predicting liberal salvation) AND the right wing (gleefully predicting doom) looked at Obama and said, "He's a blank slate, he'll do whatever the left tells him to do."
But on the contrary, his blank slate means he's carefully not promised anything specific to anybody. He's free to do whatever he wants, and so far he's tacked right down the middle--which is really where he stayed for most of his campaign, if you look at it at face value. Both the left and the right will be disappointed.
Mr. Warren is a small example.
During the election, the left wing (predicting liberal salvation) AND the right wing (gleefully predicting doom) looked at Obama and said, "He's a blank slate, he'll do whatever the left tells him to do."
But on the contrary, his blank slate means he's carefully not promised anything specific to anybody. He's free to do whatever he wants, and so far he's tacked right down the middle--which is really where he stayed for most of his campaign, if you look at it at face value. Both the left and the right will be disappointed.
Mr. Warren is a small example.