My thoughts:
I hope to post some thoughts to my blog later today on the danger of
Obama, and here is an attempt at a summary: I think Obama is dangerous
(more dangerous) from the perspective of left goals. Hillary is a
centrist wonk who will if anything, at the end of 8 years, lead to a
realisation of the need for a real left. Obama is part of the project
to make such issues (as left vs right ideologies) passé. This is clear
in his rhetoric and that of the supporters: his very election
signifies and fulfils the goals of equality and so on. With his
enthroning at hand, we can now *finally* "move beyond" these
polarising divisions.
And as Paul Krugman has pointed out on more than one occasion: the
most significant issue is universal healthcare and Hillary seems to
have the better plan.
And as for young people: a false messiah does not radicalise them, it
make cynics out of them by the time they turn 30. There is, though,
nothing radical about Obama's platform which is essentially a promise
of quite the opposite.
More soon...
--ravi
