On the primaries... and what is to a point still going on here

[nadinbrzezinski]

Yes, we all know the long list of candidates that did not make it. Was Obama my preferred candidate? NO... for that matter was Clinton? No. Both of them are centrists... as much as the other side tries to paint Obama as a fascist, nazi, communist, marxist 'xtremist... who wants to kill grand ma, and eat your kittens... (the caricature is not that far off by the way, that is what the other side THINKS)

So we have certain folks here on DU, and in other places, that cannot be pleased by what Obama (or the rest of the party does) What is funny is that some of these folks don't like it becuase he is not Centrist enough... and a few because he is not liberal enough... (For the record I am quite to the left of most people here... so no I am not happy, but I'm realistic)

Now what I am seeing is that some folks are STILL stuck in the primaries. I promise you, the way US Politics work in the modern period, the chances of a primary challenge to Obama in 2012 are low... let alone by a certain Secretary of State...

So here is the point... what we are getting out of the Senate and the House is not that liberal... but neither was Medicare in 1965, or S-Chip back in the 1990s. This is a point of departure, not the end.

Oh and yes, I wish I was a graduate student in about ten years... the goings on behind the scenes in the Senate will make for a fascinating research project... and yes, I think we may have under estimated Harry Reid... or this was just coincidence. But this is the beginning of the fight, not the end.

But the point is... the primaries are over.

ed for clarity

[T Wolf]

1. They actually continue with Obama trashing the left and selling out to the reich. Nothing new... nt