http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/16/mundus-vult-decipi-ergo-decipiatur/
Look, Obama didn’t pose as a Nation-type progressive, then turn on
his allies after the race was won. Throughout the campaign he was
slightly less progressive than Hillary Clinton on domestic issues —
and more than slightly on health care. If people like Ms. Klein are
shocked, shocked that he isn’t the candidate of their fantasies,
they have nobody but themselves to blame.
I think the Krug is a bit right! A lot of young people have projected
a lot of their own ideals on to Obama, but the man himself has (a)
been fairly non-committal on progressive issues and (b) explicitly
centrist in his primary aim of "uniting" the red and blue states (as
he writes in his letter, to my three year old, seeking cash).
--ravi
P.S: I did listen to a speech (and read some material) of his post-the-
booting-out-of-HRC and he did have some progressive meat: progressive
taxation, elimination of "pre-existing condition" exclusions from
healthcare coverage, etc.
BTW, has anyone here read the Irving Wallace fiction "The Man"?
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