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Hieronymus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 05:43 PM Original message |
Does anyone think Obama is running center and will move to the left? .. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. I sure hope so. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. No -- he seems to be doing the opposite as time goes on |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. that's my fear too, I think Hillary is running to the center and will govern more from the left |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Yeah, that's my take on both of them, too |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
30. Hillary will govern from the left? |
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Tulkas (592 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. I agree |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. That's what I'm seeing too. |
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BringEmOn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. If the MSM succeeds in silencing Kucinich and Edwards, Hillary and Obama will |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't see how he can move left and he has no reason to in a ge because the left will |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. Wrong. They can go home. n t |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. Nobody runs center in the primary and moves left in the GE. It;s a fantasy. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. I thought they meant run center in the primary & GE, then govern left. |
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Hieronymus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
45. That IS what I meant. FDR did that. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Thought so! |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. That's not usually how it works. n/t |
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KennedyGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. Hopefully he'll run..........away. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. I don't care for any of the health care plans of the top 3 |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. I'd rather have single-payer... but having so many say that Edwards' plan |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. His plan is the best of the top 3 but either get rid of the mandate or |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Harry and Louise are going to be there no matter what... |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. No, I think he really believes in compromise and unity. |
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Onlooker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Under Bill Clinton, that gave us NAFTA and welfare reform n/t |
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Hieronymus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Bill is often called a good republican president .. Would Hillary be too? |
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Kucinich4America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. No, Hillary would be a BAD Republican president. |
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Hieronymus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 08:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. I agree ... Bill ran to the left and governed to the right. |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. True, which I think underscores the importance of a Democratic Congress... |
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Onlooker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. I think that's the point a lot of people miss |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. We HAD a Democratic majority when Bill was elected. |
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Onlooker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. I don't think he can |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
15. last Pew poll showed him to be left of Hill. |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. that's perception though |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
38. Well, who in Democratic party isn't? nt |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
16. No |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. All the subtleties that |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. What a depressing post... |
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TeamJordan23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
20. Didn't the ACLU have him being the most liberal candidate running? nm |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
21. No, my child. He is running left and will turn right as soon as he |
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bartholomewjohn (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
23. Do you mean he could be a...(gasp) triangulator? |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
25. If his entire career and life story are any indication |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
31. No. I believe he'll run further to the right in the GE. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
35. It's nonsense to think that EITHER of those two will govern to the left. |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
39. If longing for the good old days of Reaganomics is any indication, |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
40. Not if he wants to win some Obamacons. |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
41. I'm for Obama and health care is my #1 domestic concern |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. "ANY Democrat will try their hardest to give us and push for universal care" |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
42. No. He's to the right and plans to stay there while keeping progressive rhetoric. /nt |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
43. I do! |
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