12-19-2008, 12:05 AM
graylocks wrote:
[quote=$tevie]
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'?
He never tacked to the left, they just assumed he was already there. My friends too. But they're too happy to be disappointed at this juncture. I feel good about nearly everything he's done since being elected. No complaints from my corner and I was (and still am) a strong Clinton supporter.