Bill Clinton

[sleigh]

Bill Clinton still has it -- the man is the consummate politician: smart, witty, folksy, able to take an audience and make them roar. Whether you agree with him or not, I think you have to admit that was a hell of a speech. And I do believe he was subtly (or not so subtly) making a case for moderate Republicans to jump ship if they're feeling their party has been hijacked by those on the far right.

Makes sense, since in my view Obama's essentially what would have been a progressive Republican or a Democrat on the extreme right side of the party a few decades ago.

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[barondave.livejournal.com]

Democrats are at their best when they behave like Democrats: Hard working, accurate, for the poor and middle class, pro-business from the employee side, pro-science and empathetic.

Democrats are at their worst when they behave like Republicans: Letting the fox in the chicken coop, being out-of touch with the majority of constituents... and out of touch with reality.

Clinton was too centrist for many of us hoping to recover from the Reagan/Bush years, and Obama is far too centrist for many of us hoping to recover from the Reagan/Bush/Bush years. Nonetheless, Clinton presided over the largest peacetime expansion in US history and Obama has successfully saved this country from the ravages of the radical Bush administration and fought the racist nutjob teabaggers to a standstill while passing health care and creating private sector jobs.

The two don't always wee eye to eye, but where they agree is powerful.

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

in my view Obama's essentially what would have been a progressive Republican or a Democrat on the extreme right side of the party a few decades ago.

In my view too. And realistically I don't see how there can be any doubt, if one looks at the programs and platforms and such.