I think there are a lot of DUers that just don't get what Obama is all about [View All]

[Perky]

I've been watching all these posts about center-right center-left, Pelosi, Republicans in the cabinet. etc.

There seems to be a large group of DUers who are itching more for a fight than they are for actually governing. They seem to want, although they can't seem to define it themselves, a very liberal, (oops sorry) a very progressive agenda. I am not sure if it is just to stick it to the GOP as retribution or if it just wanting the pendulum to swing the other direction as far as it can./


In either case, I don't think they really "get" the President-elect, or the new politics.

One of the main reasons, Obama won the middle is the overreaching by the GOP. Some Dems here would seem to want to pull the nation to the same space on the left,


I doubt most of those who feel that way have read "Audacity" or really listened to what Obama is saying.

"We need a new politics, that does not pit Blue against Red". He is saying that the old partisan poetics are destructive, and he certainly suggests that both sides share some of the blame.

Obama want to lead a realigned country. One that trust leadership again. one that is united in a call for competence, and pragmatism and yes compromise.


Don't get me wrong, he is a Democrat, Bu the Torch has been passed to a post-partisian president and we need to get used to the fact that to build a sustainable coalition and to protect the vital interests of the country on any number of fronts , we are going to have to be cross-partisan,


He does this right, it might not be the party you like, but we will be a 60% party.

The coming debate here on DU is going to be a battle for the soul of the party. Those who think that the soul is represented by Teddy Kennedy need to understand the significance of what Teddy said in his endorsement, What Ethel said at Coretta's funeral.

The torch has been passed to a new generation and a new way of governing.