The author argues Barry should adopt these three policies:
- Take on teacher's unions
- Cut corporate taxes
- Reform health savings accounts
The author has obviously gotten off his meds!
Posted on 07/11/2008 5:26:05 AM PDT by Zakeet
Some liberals fret that Barack Obama is tacking to the center after his acquiescence to the Supreme Court's repeal of Washington's handgun law, his shift on telephone company immunity for cooperating with wiretaps, and his call for more faith-based social programs. But this is just the beginning. The logic of the race will shortly lead Sen. Obama to buck bigger liberal pieties on core priorities like schools, taxes and health care in order to win.
In a sense this is overdue. For all the talk about reaching out to Republicans and independents, Mr. Obama's proposals have been far less challenging to conventional liberal thinking than were Bill Clinton's in 1992 -- when Mr. Clinton forced Democrats to overhaul their approach to such central issues as welfare, trade and crime. Mr. Obama's true audacity (and accomplishment) thus far has been to rebrand liberal goals on health care and economic security as "common sense" reforms behind which all Americans can unite.
You can't criticize Mr. Obama for not taking on antique Democratic thinking when it turned out he could win his party's nod without having to. That's just smart politics. But it won't work any longer.
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The author argues Barry should adopt these three policies:
The author has obviously gotten off his meds!
This seems to render the entire spectacle a charade. Although we are certainly learning that talent for acquiring power and influence is nothing at all like the talent for leadership.
Exactly right -- I wish more of the sheeple understood that (but then they wouldn't be sheeple).
The importance of a track record is, in part, to allow people to see what a politician values, how they handle tough decisions, and how they take responsibility.
A politician should run on their record, and their campaigning should consist of telling people what they have already done, and why they did it that way.
The fact that Obama is running on "hope" and "change" but not running on his record should be incredibly off-putting. But people interpret his blather to suit their own desires, and think he's a magic man who is just what they're looking for.
Correct. And proves that anymore, people vote more on the basis of celebrity than they do on the basis of issues.
He doesn’t have to “run” as a liberal but it is how he will rule.
NOTHING in his history indicates that he plans to keep the promises he is making to moderates. He’s already broken many promises on the campaign trail. Those are his little white lies.
It seems to me that a person should be known by what he has actually done, especially when Obama’s political record is hard left, and not what he says he is.
My resume’ is who I really am.
He’s a fence post turtle and will be a puppet for Soros and the Chicago Rat machine that put him there.
He thinks he can “grow” into the job.
The office of the presidency is NOT a “no experience necessary” job.
I agree. The only way to predict how a candidate will perform in office is how the candidate has performed in the past. Obama's record is slight, but indicates he will seek cover for tough decisions, and generally try to govern from the far left.
McCain won't avoid tough decisions or controversy. But he also won't govern from the right or middle. McCain is an economic and social liberal, but a conservative on national defense (more or less - don't forget the Gitmo statements).
Either one, it appears, will throw anyone under the bus if it's more convenient (e.g., Mom and Wright for Obama, Phil Gramm for McCain).
I absolutely won't vote for Obama, but don't know if I can bring myself to vote for McCain. In the end, the lack of conservative support will kill McCain's chances unless Obama scares enough conservatives into holding their nose and voting.
This is the worse election since socialist McGovern v left of center, Keynesian Nixon.
Obama is a real work of art.
WIP with no experience.
We should call him a chameleon. It’s in his nature to shift from one stance to another.
Calling him a flip flopper is too John Kerry.
Obama is definitely a piece of work. Calling him wishy-washy is too Jimmy Carter, which still might fit for dragging him down.
Hey, at the rate Obama’s going, he might adopt one of these policies.
No levelheaded American is gonna go into the voting booth on 11/4 and vote for an anti-American racist.
Now remember I said, “levelheaded American” which automatically eliminates the Lefties & anyone who depends on government assistance for their livelihood...which won't be enough votes to win the election.
Heck, now that I think of it, the Clintonistas including Bill & Hill won't even vote for him...they don't want him to win either...ruins their plans for running for POTUS again in 2012 if Obama wins this time!
Didn't he even veto it once or twice and only signed it when it became common knowledge it was going to be rammed down his throat if he didn't?
Yep. Vetoed it, then the class of ‘94 rammed it back through. Why can’t we get that spirit back again?
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