The Obama Enigma
Posted by eutychusblog on February 25, 2008
Where would he lead America? I have my thoughts on that and it includes a hand-basket, but here are some others from the Washinton Post..
“THE NATIONAL Journal magazine recently ranked Barack Obama as the most liberal senator in 2007 — an assessment that is subject to legitimate quibbling but will no doubt be featured by Republicans if Mr. Obama wins the Democratic nomination for president. Democratic voters in a Pew Research Center poll last month put Mr. Obama to their left ideologically, Hillary Rodham Clinton to their right. Are these analyses accurate? When the Illinois Democrat talks about bringing together red and blue America, does he mean that he will persuade the red (Republican) part to come around to blue (Democratic) policies — or does he mean that he will forge a new, centrist answer that will bridge the red-blue divide? Is he a liberal at heart who tacks occasionally to the center or more of a centrist capable of suppressing leftist instincts when political circumstances demand?” (entire article here)
