Obama's soft corporatism

Who is this Bageant guy? He nails it on both Obama and Palin

Mon, 11/10/2008 - 2:40am — Valhalla

I haven't encountered him before, but first, he nails the Obama campaign's (and most likely administration's) ignore-the-progressives strategy, and explains why it will likely succeed (h/t to amberglow on the It's the Reality, Stupid thread):

The Obama administration will not pay a great political price in abandoning the pretense of moving the country in a progressive direction for two primary reasons. First, for Senator Obama’s political base the symbolism of his election is the change they were seeking and not an idea or program based on a set of policies. The second reason is the political weakness of what passes for the left in the United States.

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