I disagree about Obama. I saw Obama as the most conservative of the three candidates for Democratic nominee. I read his campaign book and it was pretty clear on his views. After Edwards disqualified himself with his dick, I moved to Obama in Dec 2007 on the basis of this article
and my interpretation of it that Obama just might end up with 60 seats in the Senate (which happened). I had assessed Clinton as bringing in 58.
I was not a progressive in 2007. Anyone who was should have been alarmed when Obama went to Washington to help the passage of the TARP. A progressive in the mould of FDR would have demanded that Democrats oppose that Republican bill. By this you would KNOW he was no progressive.
I disagree about Obama. I saw Obama as the most conservative of the three candidates for Democratic nominee. I read his campaign book and it was pretty clear on his views. After Edwards disqualified himself with his dick, I moved to Obama in Dec 2007 on the basis of this article
https://prospect.org/article/theory-change-primary/
and my interpretation of it that Obama just might end up with 60 seats in the Senate (which happened). I had assessed Clinton as bringing in 58.
I was not a progressive in 2007. Anyone who was should have been alarmed when Obama went to Washington to help the passage of the TARP. A progressive in the mould of FDR would have demanded that Democrats oppose that Republican bill. By this you would KNOW he was no progressive.