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NewyorkNY, you said:
"When Republicans go against the mandate their base gives them, they are punished at the ballot box. John McCain couldn't pick Joe Lieberman as his running mate because the Republican base wouldn't have stood for it."
Did you notice, McCain lost, mostly because he chose someone that was so far to the right,even the right-leaning moderates thought she was crazy and rejected her. Maybe if Obama had gone all the way to the left, he wouldn't have won the election. With all due respect to the extreme left (who admittedly did a great deal to get Obama elected), it was not them who are responsible for his success, but the millions of left of center moderates who did the grunt work. He could not possible have won the elections if the only ones who voted for him were the people at KOS. I say we give Obama a chance and see where he is going with all of this. He is choosing some extremely bright people for his cabinet and staff; if he calls the shots and holds them to loyalty and obediance, maybe we really will get the change he promised.
As far as the MSM is concerned, no matter what Obama does, they're going to criticize him. Now that the campaign is over, they need to make everyting sound like a war between the left, the moderated, and the right: it helps them with their ratings. Let's just wait and see what develops.
