David Moberg, In These Times. September 10, 2008. Obama has always been more centrist than many have wanted to admit. But it's the possibility of what his presidency can deliver that's so important.
David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. July 18, 2008. Washington's pundits and politicians have waged an ongoing propaganda campaign to pass off crazy, fringe politics as reasonable and mainstream.
John Nichols, Roberto Lovato, TheNation.com and Of America. July 10, 2008. Obama votes like a Republican on FISA and backs off from Iraq, keeping corporate America happy.
Paul Krugman, The New York Times. July 1, 2008. We could -- and still might -- do a lot worse than a rerun of the Clinton years. But Mr. Obama’s most fervent supporters expect much more.
George Lakoff, AlterNet. August 20, 2007. "Centrism" is the creation of an inaccurate self-serving metaphor which marginalizes the progressive cause, and it is time to bury it.
Sally Kohn, AlterNet. November 2, 2006. The Democrats are tilted by their desire to win elections. As the center of politics is masqueraded as the new left, the right becomes the new center.
