What is so galling to some of us about Senator Obama's rapid transition to "centrist" positions is that this is exactly the sort of thing he said he would not do. He sought to distinguish himself from certain Democratic Party rivals (who will not be named here, since we are no longer permitted to recall that they once existed, walked this earth, and spoke to us)- Senator Obama said he was different than his rivals for the nomination, because he would not "say anything to get elected". He suggested strongly that he could be relied upon to remain true to the positions he outlined during the primaries. He was not going to engage in the switch-and-bait of "old politics". He made this a central point of his identity as the one who would bring "change you can believe in". Now, we are told, the only important thing is to get elected, and policy positions that remotely threaten that goal are counter-productive to this one all-importnant goal: electability. At some point, the problem becomes, when you are all things to everyone, you are nothing to anyone.
It's how I felt about him as a candidate from what I knew about him before, that he was in reality no different which grew even firmer in belief as the primary process continued and now that it is over, more and more people are noticing it.
That said, we have to remember what we are now being told to focus on is that "he's better than McCain" and it's been really interesting for me to watch some of those I know who are hard core Obama fan's justify all of this and continue to assail those who dare to not agree...While the polls are being used to demonstrate that over half of the former Clinton supporters have stated they would vote for Barack Obama, there are still at least 25% who are openly stating they are voting for McCain. If these polls are truly scientific in nature as some believe in larger numbers than the actual poll grouping? That means that four and a half million Clinton supporters would vote for McCain, John Kerry lost by a little over three million votes...
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If Clinton supporters would rather vote for McCain than Obama, they are not Democrats. There is a clear distinction between Obama's positions on issues of importance and Senator McCain's.
Obama's positions more closely resemble Clinton's. If Clinton supporters have anyone to be angry with it should be whoever ran Clinton's campaign. Clearly she was out-organized in the Caucus states and did not have a strategy in place from New Hampshire through Super Tuesday when Obama effectively put a strangle hold on the nomination by winning 10 straight contests.
Of course, that must be it, they aren't really Democrats.
Seriously, if you are really interested I'd suggest reading some of the other posts on this blog, especially this one. There comes a time in politics where some say enough is enough.
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