Reply #18: obama will have to move center [View All]

[griffi94]

if he wants to win. if he doesn't he'll be painted by the gop and the media as another northern liberal who doen't get it in the midwest, the south or the mountain states.
i think it's in everybody in those regions best interests to change leadership, but americans frequently don't vote in their best interests.
if you could be president with the westcoast and the northeast we'd be finishing gores 2nd term.
while the war is a major issue i think it'll be about 3 deep on typical americas priority list. economy, price of fuel, jobs are going to dominate. ending the war would be great, but polls already show that it's down the list from the economy.
this isn't a gotcha thing but the statements he made with regard to nafta will be trotted out and used to smear him as another politician who will say whatever he has to to get elected. all politicians do that, but imo obama let the expectation of him being more than a politician get out of hand., so what happens when he has to start disappointing the more idealistic wing of his supporters.