- Top Features:
- War Room
- Glenn Greenwald
- Broadsheet
- Joan Walsh
- Camille Paglia
- Since You Asked
- Follow Salon:
Read other letters about this article
The hope for a lot of people lefty - and I'm pretty far left - is that Obama is just a "phase". Not that we'll get over him or something similarly sophomoric; rather, he's a step left of the the current going-ons and a move towards a less rightwingnut general though process.
If I get my "wish", he'll be to the left what Reagan was to the right (except without the burden of neo-cons & the Laffer curve) - the first in a stream of politicians who gradually move the country more to the left. Hell, maybe not even left; *actually* center would be a vast improvement. An election where Kucinich *doesn't* sound, comparatively, like a radical would be a refreshing change.
But now? I'm just happy that he's in. The guy hasn't even taken the oath yet, so *please* - give him a chance. He's already demonstrated he's a hell of a lot smarter many of the last few presidents & contenders, plus up front said he'll do some stuff we might not like. I'm not the strategist he is by any means, so although I'll certainly question what he's doing I'm willing to let him *at least* give him some time to show his plans.
Don't paint us like the right. We're the big tent now, and perfection of the "cause" is not the goal.
