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In this article and indeed in Senator Obama's own statements over the last week, the attitude is "Does anyone think the left is going to vote for McCain rather than Obama?"
Heads up to Obama: You and John McCain are not the only candidates in this race. Sure, one of you is going to win, but Obama does not get the vote of this life long liberal.
As I have said before, I'd rather have a strong Dem congress with an adversarial relationship with a weak opposition party president than to have a submissive congress prostrate before the whims of a man like Obama who seems to believe in nothing and has never found a tough issue he can't run away from...or vote "present" on.
The only way that Democrats/progressives/liberals are going to get their message across to Dems in congress and to Obama is by closing their wallets and (in the case of the presidential election) withholding their votes. That is exactly what I am going to do and exactly what I advise others to do.
