CNN Poll: Likability helps Obama survive brutal weEK

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12. Authentic centrism is actually more of a threat to more people than some of us are

characterizing it as. A center cannot be arbitrary, because BOTH sides will use ANY invalidity to acquire advantage and we don't have an authentic center. The center is significantly skewed to the right, so what calls itself "the Left" is in danger of being the bigger loser if it allows itself to be played by the Right in this situation. I think some pretty serious people on the Left (whoever they are) probably know this and perhaps they have decided that base building is more important than success on the issues right now. That's their own responsibility to decide; I just think ALL of us need to be more honest about what's going on and the different ways it might play itself out for the forseeable future.