Obama is the best the democrats had to offer now that’s extreme.
My view from the middle would be both, with a slight edge to the left.
If you ask the Dems, It’s just a P.R. issue.
That’s easy. The man who was voted most liberal senator is now leading his fellow extremist rats off the cliff.
Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. — Barry Goldwater
Extremism opposing liberty is treason.
The left constantly calls the Tea Party ‘fringe’, ‘extremist’ etc. Just them framing the argument as usual. This is how that works for those who’ve never thought about it. I never say “Florida 2000” but call it “When Gore tried to steal the election.” That can’t be stressed enough especially when the left always refers to Bush stealing the election.
I consider Tea Party people to be ‘normal’ Americans while I regard the left as too dumb to walk and chew gum, hence their reliance on ‘feelings’ instead of logic.
Or they live on Neptune so out of touch are they with what the producers in America will no longer tolerate. Then, of course, you have those who are just plain evil and use the other groups as cannon fodder when they need them.
Which group do you want running the country you live in?