I would say slightly less progressive than HRC on health, slightly more
on most everything else,
especially Social Security.
ravi wrote:
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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