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Though a bit over the top in my "really mattered", most would agree that the two wars, torture and habeas corpus were political issues that really matter (among many others that Bush showed defiance).-- behindthecurtain
Pressure is more effective when it comes from those who usually support you.
Bush, to the best of my knowledge never once went against the rightwing whackjobs once they meowed, much less roared. If someone can nudge my memory, it would be appreciated.
If the left keeps the pressure on Obama, it will make the Whackjob's pressure much less effective, even if Obama wants to do their bidding, he must always think about his base. While that base probably isn't to the extreme left, I'd say center left, he will still respond more favorably when he can claim he stood up to the radical lefties. That's precisely what McCain was doing with his Maverick thing. McCain's problem was his voting record and the questions about his judgement in re the Queen of Wasilla.
