"Obama has governed as a conservative. So, the question for progressives is, “What do we do now?”

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293. if popular opinion is to the left of washington power....

....then why is the house in republican hands? and why so we keep electing republicans and republican-lites? i think it is partly because the people are brainwashed by the corporate-politico-media system. not that i'm expecting it but obama COULD stand above that if he chose. if he is not capable of doing that, he's of no use to us.

you'll get no argument from me about activating and strengthening left-leaning institutions, boycotts, strikes, etc. my point is simply that could he have created more of a groundswell for progressive policies, that he was perfectly capable of doing it, and didn't do it (he's in the perfect position to organize communities and he's not doing it).

the president and the democratic party as a whole are not working in the interests of the majority of people. in fact, if you read chris hedges' "death of the liberal class" you'll see that those left-leaning institutions have fallen through time and time again as well.

progressives must organize themselves independent of the democratic party and criticize obama and all our other false friends.