usta in Portland
Daily Driver
Yeah, well and...
cooly stated
It's true and beyond that Democrats, of more politically cynical positions, were of the opinion that doing so would shift the entire polity to the right making it more and more difficult for the Democrats to differentiate themselves from centrist Republicans. So it proved and so it turns out that Obama is having a heck of hard time with what used to be the Democratic base. Also, Clinton's move to the center cut a lot of voters loose to the so-called 'independent ranks' On raw political grounds it remains to be seen whether Clinton has crumbed the play for the Democrats over the long haul. A similar situation occured with Tony Blair and to some extent now with Cameron in Britain. That middle ground-or slightly right of middle ground - is getting trod on by both sides.
cooly stated
It's true and beyond that Democrats, of more politically cynical positions, were of the opinion that doing so would shift the entire polity to the right making it more and more difficult for the Democrats to differentiate themselves from centrist Republicans. So it proved and so it turns out that Obama is having a heck of hard time with what used to be the Democratic base. Also, Clinton's move to the center cut a lot of voters loose to the so-called 'independent ranks' On raw political grounds it remains to be seen whether Clinton has crumbed the play for the Democrats over the long haul. A similar situation occured with Tony Blair and to some extent now with Cameron in Britain. That middle ground-or slightly right of middle ground - is getting trod on by both sides.
