Reply #16: Many Segments Of The Electorate, Ma'am, May Make That Claim

[The Magistrate]

The critical element of President Obama's success in '08 seems to have been a move somewhat to leftwards by a goodly portion of 'middling' independents.

It would be better if the left concentrated its fire on Republican obstruction, and on the worst of the 'Blue Dog' types in the Congress. The latter particularly mis-read the political situation: the people, even the people in the center, want action, and want President Obama to have a free hand. 'Blue Dogs' think they are preserving their seats by trying to 'moderate' President Obama's policy proposals, but in fact, that is the course that most endangers their seats. They need to be reminded of this, forcefully....