and we thought kerry was a
didn't he brutalize hillary unmercifully for this exact thing back in the primaries? I am sure I recall him flinging poo
at her over her position(s) on the immigration drivers license issue . . . a position that I am sure he has either fully
adopted by now, or changed his "long held postion" to actually be to the right of where she was.
Obama tacks away from his left-wing base
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is shifting to the center after months of battling Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) for the hearts of the Democratic Party’s liberal base.
His recent strategy of political triangulation has already sparked a fight with MoveOn.org, a powerful liberal advocacy group.
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MoveOn.org officials have come close to accusing Obama of breaking a promise he made last year to fight a bill that would grant legal immunity to telecommunications firms that shared customer information.
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Obama spokesman Reid Cherlin said, “I don’t think this represents a shift. The case that Obama has always made for himself is his ability to talk to people regardless of labels. He has spent this campaign talking about the core values that define us as Americans.â€
The Illinois senator began shifting rightward immediately after the last Democratic primary contests.
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During the primary battle with Clinton, Obama said he was open to lifting the Social Security payroll tax, which is capped at $102,000. When he had the nomination all but wrapped up, Obama was more specific, ruling out any tax increase for people making less than $250,000 a year.
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But Obama’s recent moves have not sat well with the left. His announcement that he would vote for a compromise struck between Democratic leaders and Bush on intelligence surveillance legislation has put him at odds with MoveOn.org, which endorsed him in the Democratic primary.
Though Obama has said he would work to remove a provision granting telecommunications companies immunity for sharing sensitive information with the intelligence agencies, liberal critics remain unsatisfied.
“Last year, after phone calls from MoveOn members and others, Obama went so far as to vow to support a filibuster of any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies.
We need him to honor that promise.†MoveOn.org wrote in an e-mail alert to members Saturday.
“We’re encouraging him to fight the fight he said he would on immunity for breaking the law,†said Eli Pariser, executive director of MoveOn.org.
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