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Reply #43: Sorry, but this is a CENTRIST nation overall whether you like it or not. Your attitude is wrong. [View All]

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rbilancia

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Sun Jan-30-11 09:26 PM
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43. Sorry, but this is a CENTRIST nation overall whether you like it or not. Your attitude is wrong.

Edited on Sun Jan-30-11 09:31 PM by rbilancia

You don't win nationally on the fringes. You win with support from your mainstream base AND the political center. Moderate swing voters decide presidential elections, and an effective president in today's world MUST govern largely from the center. Obama governs from the pragmatic center-left as he damn well should. He is a progressive on balance, but also a pragmatist. And he knows how to win. If you would rather sit home and bemoan the world for not being pure enough for you, then more shame on you.

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