Reply #27: it has ALWAYS been perfectly obvious that the President-Elect is a centrist [View All]

[Douglas Carpenter]

to anyone who is not either deaf, dumb and blind or to anyone who was not being willfully delusional.

He has been 1000000000000000000% clear, candid and transparent about his centrist views since his first debut on the national stage at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. And he has certainly NEVER, NEVER, NEVER wavered for one single second from his centrist theme - EVER!!

Having said that, the President-elect certainly does have a progressive side to him. And he may very well promote some progressive issues. Just as FDR promoted a great number of progressive issues while saving and enriching the capitalist system and upper class and also keeping the southern segregationist within the New Deal coalition.

Keeping together a new working majority is a difficult balancing act.

Again having said that, it is perfectly legitimate for progressives - such as myself and others to push their progressive issues of concern. Just remember that the new coalition is just as diverse as FDR's coalition of union workers and northern blacks and southern Dixiecrats.