Comments on: Quote of the Day: Obama Is Retaining His Base (But Now What?)

By: Leonidas

Leonidas — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:59:30 +0000

Of course the far-left isn't leaving Obama, they don't really have a choice even if he does move away from the position he established on the far left towards a new and more moderate position. Thats the thing about being on the far-left or the far-right, you got nowhere else to turn. The far-left and the far-right can be pretty ignored at will for policy purposes. If you have the middle you will be successful, if you don't you will fail more often than not.

By: elrod

elrod — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:06:00 +0000

Um, is there anything newsworthy about Abramowitz's piece? Liberals and other base Democrats like Obama. Conservative Republicans don't. Others are mixed. And the point is…?

By: DLS

DLS — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:33:22 +0000

It's time to assuage Silhouette...

Everyone is supposed to think about health care like this (Horsey, a good cartoonist):

http://www.seattlepi.com/horsey/viewbydate.asp?...

http://www.seattlepi.com/horsey/viewbydate.asp?...

http://www.seattlepi.com/horsey/viewbydate.asp?...

http://www.seattlepi.com/horsey/viewbydate.asp?...

http://www.seattlepi.com/horsey/viewbydate.asp?...

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By: DaGoat

DaGoat — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:14:25 +0000

No DaGoat, apparently you missed the subtle nature of spin…

Sorry, as a libertarian type I have trouble with abstract concepts.

By: DLS

DLS — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:39:23 +0000

Adult reality:

http://people-press.org/report/539/congressiona...

http://people-press.org/report/532/obamas-ratin...

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1317/would-american...

By: DLS

DLS — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:36:45 +0000

"I think this is a typo"

It's more (and worse) than that, as Silhouette exemplifies.

Obama will continue to be as divisive as the lib Dems in Congress if he sides with them. His task is damage control and recovery. The public option is far from dead (and the fall-back substitute, the co-ops, has never been serious). Hopefully Obama will not continue to offend the mainstream, or offend them more, but seek some kind of compromise that retains something like the initial public option, while also including serious, adult, intelligent, actual-reform items as part of the bargain along with a tempered or reduced public option. (Or will he descend even more to appeal to the alienating "base"?)

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By: Silhouette

Silhouette — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:15:36 +0000

No DaGoat, apparently you missed the subtle nature of spin...

It invisibly inserts the needle of discouragement and herd-think into a psuedo message of hope.

That's like spin 101..lol...

Nope, Obama and the dems in Congress are strongly backed as long as they don't falter on the public option. If they do, the democratic party will be a mere footnote in a future American History text. As will the United States itself if we allow organized crime back in the Whitehouse and control of Congress..

By: DaGoat

DaGoat — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:03:47 +0000

However, this should be considered good news for the Democrats or Bararak Obama

I think this is a typo (besides the obvious “Bararak”) – all of the subsequent points seem to be bad news, not good.