BlackAsCoal
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The problem is, even though the more far left people supported him, they aren't sufficient to give him a win anymore than just the right-wing is sufficient to give a Republican a win. To win, you've got to have good moderate support, and those people like to see a more reasoned approach to appointments and not a catering to the extreme wing.
One of the biggest mistakes the GOP made over the years was catering to the religious right.
One of the biggest mistakes the Dems made was having nuts like Michael Moore as part of the public face of their party and prominently positioned at their convention. They stopped doing that, and it has led to victory.
I don't disagree with you my wise friend on many points of what you've said. However, one thing is sure, he cannot win without the left .. and many who make up the antiwar movement, which was the force that drove him to the nomination over Clinton, are not made up of "far-left" voters.
Centrist politics is one of the biggest reasons why democrats have only occupied the White House for a grand total of 3 terms in the last 40 years. Centrist politics is for losers and republicans don't play that .. In fact, their problem was they had so much power they got drunk with it. The decline of the republicans had little to do with the successes of the Democratic Party and everything to do with them getting drunk with power and overplaying their hand.
Even in the two terms Clinton had, he couldn't keep Congress in democratic hands ... even though he went into office with about the exact same advantage Obama now has ... and guess what, I predict Obama will not be able to keep Congress in democratic hands either .. WHY?
It will be for the same reasons Clinton could not .. centrist politics are for losers.
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