On AlterNet: centrist

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "centrist"

Obama Retreats from Key Progressive Issues

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.

Memo to Obama: Moving to the Middle Is for Losers

Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. July 5, 2008.
Realpolitik is one thing. Realstupidpolitik is quite another.

Obama Runs to the Middle

Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. July 3, 2008.
What should progressives do about Obama's move to the center?

There Is No Political Center, There Are No Centrists

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.

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