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Posted by: jovial 1 month, 3 weeks agoPoll: I'm Holding Back on Contributing to Obama Because of his Move to The Right. Take this poll and see where others stand on this issue.
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jovial1 month, 3 weeks ago
He's going by the playbook. Politics to your base during the primary. Then to the center during the campaign. A lot of the people that voted, however, saw him as a candidate that stood out among the rest. Now it's getting blurry. Was tshis a good move on Obama's part?
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Mdiar1 month, 3 weeks ago
Horrible move on his part. Dems have to stop letting the GOP set what is and isn't mainstream thought. This move to the center isn't a move to the center at all, IMO.
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jovial1 month, 3 weeks ago
My thoughts are there. I don't see any Republicans changing their attitudes. I don't see many centrists budging either. What's at stake here is his base. He can lose more of his base than he will gain. I hope he realizes this before he gets to far away from his base.
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libsRfunny1 month, 3 weeks ago
"He's going by the playbook. Politics to your base during the primary. Then to the center during the campaign."
Interesting to see the Obama apologists making up excuses for his blatant lying and flip=flopping. How was he moving to the center by going back on his written word to accept public campaign funding? You are grasping at straws.
So much for "change you can believe in."
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mntnman4441 month, 3 weeks ago
Obama made clear that his Iraq plans haven't changed and there is video of the primary debate where he says practically word for word what he is saying today.
I remember being mad at him in one of the first debates where he refused to say if he could get all the troops out by 2013,as did all the dem candidates except Kucinich.
I don't like his FISA position but he couldn't be as bad as Bush III.
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jordan111 month, 3 weeks ago
Actually, McCain's funding is ahead of his by nearly 40 million. The GOP has more money in their coffers than the DNC. The GOP will be sharing that with McCain. For that reason, I'm writing Obama another check.
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Spadecaller1 month, 3 weeks ago
I don't participate in polls because the media uses them to manipulate the voters. It has become an obsessive form of micromanagement and it often does more to distort the truth than to reveal anything more than a transient snapshot of some questionable reality. More often than not, the questions asked in polls are slanted in themselves; often the options, as n2n, just stated are omitted from the available choices. Consequently, the results are usually skewed.
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Radiofreeeuropa1 month, 3 weeks ago
I am not flippin' out yet. I like the guy, I've been cutting him the occasional check, I plan on continuing to support him at this point. I have said all along that I don't expect miracles or perfection from any politician, nor do I expect to agree with every decision. I know he is an intelligent man and his team of young campaign managers have proven themselves worthy so far. He has not changed his position on the war in any sense despite spin claiming so. I disagree with the FISA vote but he knows as well as you and I that he can not afford to lose the enthusiasm of his young supporters who frankly made the difference and got him this far. There is more information needed to get a grip on the equation right now.
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Poulenc1 month, 3 weeks ago
Realpolitik on O.'s part, undoubtedly. Yet increasingly...depressing: just that.
When a Times editorial chides him for his move centerwards--as it did today--then you know there's trouble in paradise, never mind Arianna's recent rather sharp knuckle-raps.
Still, is one going to throw up one's hands and vote for McCain?
Not this one. I'll cut O. some slack...and a check.
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JoseMadre1 month, 3 weeks ago
Obama is heading towards a train wreck. As the GOP proved in the 30's and 40's, "Me, Too-ism" doesn't go over too well with the electorate. Given the choice between the real McCain and McCain-lite, the center will go for McCain, and much of Obama's support on the left will sit it out or vote for Ralph.
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libsRfunny1 month, 3 weeks ago
That's either sarcasm or one of the dumbest comments ever posted outside of a Goppy rant.
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aniokly1 month, 3 weeks ago
This is not the real Obama. Look at his voting record. Read his books. He is pretending to love the 2nd amendment, NAFTA, Well, the Telecoms are different. He got money from them. He has to love them, but he isn't going to jump out of Iraq. He is Uncle Jeremiah's favorite, and Uncle Jerry said it best when he said, quote, "Barak is just a politician." unquote.
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Raiderwall1 month, 3 weeks ago
Ralph Nader for President.
Nader has already accomplished many things politicians only talk about.
Obama is triangulating, saying anything to get elected. I can see a move to the middle, but the telecom bill and wavering on Iraq undermine the cornerstones of his candidacy. OBama is showing his true stripes here, not that he's from the left or the right, but he's just another pandering politician. He's out Clintoned the Clintons.
Change is just another name for nothing left to lose.
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aniokly1 month, 3 weeks ago
Yes, all politicians move to the center in the General election, but Sen Obama is so naive, and inexperienced that he made his move look like he jettisoned his own principles, and beliefs. Instead of cementing his support he is losing his base.
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