- Top Features:
- War Room
- Glenn Greenwald
- Broadsheet
- Joan Walsh
- Camille Paglia
- Since You Asked
- Follow Salon:
Read other letters about this article
When Bill Clinton ran for President, he did the "move to the center" crap and stayed there. His gutting of welfare and "Don't ask don't tell" abandoned long-held Democratic values.
George W. Bush ran his campaign so far to the "center" that it appeared at the time that he was running for Bill Clinton's third term. Of course, once elected, he became probably the most radical President in history and reverted completely to his right wing authoritarianism.
Which one will Obama be? Is he running to the center to collect low-information voters, so that once he is elected he will return to his support for the Constitution and civil rights? Or has he decided to sell his soul in his quest for the Presidency and become another Bill Clinton?
I've been away for a couple of weeks and had limited time with internet access. Has there been any change among top management in Obama's campaign? This list of his positions taken recently is an amazing catalog of capitulation. It seems like something must have changed to trigger this reversal.
