Obama-the-moderate ping to Today show list.
In my own opinion the heart of Obama’s popularity amongst the hardcore Dems is the fact that his rhetoric does NOT promise “change” but rather the reverse. Same old “soak the rich” taxation, military retreat, welfare for all, mo’ money for public schools and so on.
I carefully listened to his New Hampshire concession speech and it was all there—with an obligatory middle-class tax cut line thrown in. Just like Our Bill the moment he is sworn in, he will suddenly find out we cannot afford a tax cut. Liberals are reassured that he promises a back-to-the-future administration.