Reply #72: That makes sense, Obama's politics remind me of Hart

[Hippo_Tron]

Clinton is similar to Mondale in that she is the sum of all of the interest groups that back her. Because I agree with those interest groups on many (but not all) of their positions I will gladly vote for her in a general election because she's far better than a Republican who will be a sum of all of the right wing interest groups.

I like Obama because I believe like Hart that he is more independent of the various interest groups and will make the decisions that he thinks are best, not because he wants to pander to a certain group within the party. IMO this will make him far more electable in November as well.

It's kind of funny that the DLC was founded on the premise that Walter Mondale couldn't tie his shoes without checking with all of the interest groups first. Yet it seems that present day DLC candidates are more than willing to pander to these same groups when it suits their purposes.