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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (142013)8/4/2010 12:17:23 PM
From: JohnM  Respond to of 541490
 
If Obama was "more to the center", we would be getting more progressive programs than we see now, like medicare for all.

An excellent point. The Rep caucus in the senate has dragged the "right" over the cliff. To deal with them, Obama would have to occupy space that was previously Newt Gringrich's policy space. Before he choice to shift further over.