Obama Losing Progressive Votes?
Written by: Noelle Petrillo
The recent Obama controversy seems to have gotten its latest punch from the New York Times as it quoted a young radical leftist from Oregon stating she is “disgusted with him” and “for all the independents he’s going to gain, he’s going to lose a lot of progressives.” The article reports that Slate planned to switch back to the Green Party due to the “Obama moving to the center” controversy. The article quotes many leftists including ‘rabble rouser’ David Sirota who is less concerned about Obama’s recent statements understanding that he is a “transformative politician, but he is still a politician” and that there is an education process that needs to take place in order for him to win the Presidency. Although the polls show many progressives still supporting him in high numbers, others warn that Obama’s recent statements run him the risk of being perceived as the late blooming flip-flopper of the 2008 Presidential election. Is this really “change we can believe in?” Let me know what you think about the recent controversy: www.noelle.petrillo@savevoting.org and check out the Times article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/us/politics/13liberal.html?_r=2&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin
