While Obama himself is progressive in his approach to social issues he is very much a centrist when it comes to economic and military governance. You youngsters may not remember but before the internets and cable news the republican party was a big tent party. There were liberal republicans, there were socially liberal republicans as well.
Case in point look at the recently retired supreme court judge...he was appointed by a republican, was considered in his day a right wing addition to the court. What happened was over the decades the republican party-mostly post 80s-started their march to the extremes....
Look at the centrist hero of the republican party.....you know the maverick.....he had to jump so far right to beat Heyward that he no longer resembles his old self..
Back in the day Tip O'neill and Reagan would fight it out ideologically during the day and get hammered together at a bar in the evening...Ever hear the story of the tatoo'd tiger on Tip's ass?
The democrats made a huge mistake in not staying ahead of the outrage over health care. The message has been so deeply ingrained in the populace that its bad no amount of messaging will fix that until people see the tangible results...
Politically if you look at every single piece of legislature to come out of washington in the last two years they all bear the marks and input from conservative senators and house members. In committee many pieces of bills from the HC bill to the stimulus republican ideas and input were there. Remember the death panels ie living wills? Republican idea....
Its hard to fight propaganda......
I have voted both republican and democrat over the last 20 + years since becoming a citizen of this great country. My family has lived the american dream, we came here with nothing and trough hard work and education every single member of my immediate family has prospered.
Can any of you old timers remember the Carter administration? Sadly Obama's presidency is starting to look the same....before you guys start hating on Carter remember he normalized relations with china among other accomplishments...I all fairness I did vote for Reagen that first term because I did believe he had a better agenda than carters but in retrospect I did make a mistake....
Its hard to message when millions are out of work and need someone to blame...
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