Reply #67: Every candidate runs from the center [View All]

[Nicholas_J]

After all, most of the American electorate is in the center, not to the far right or far left. Bush ran from the center. And immediately moved to the far right as soon as he got elected. This is what every candidate does. Runs from the center, and moves back to their own political bend as soon as they get into office.

Kerry moves to the center when it comes to the issues that effect the average voter. But he still sticks to the very far left when discussing how to deal with the inequities in the tax code that favor large corporations and those who move thie corporations overseas to avoid taxes. He is as far to the left as ever, and states it in his campaign speeches, becasue the average voter respondps positively when a cnadidate says its the turn of the big corporate entities to bear the burden of taxation, and give the average working guy who has been carrying the weight of taxation for these guys to get a break. Thats as close to a socialist statement you will hear in the good old U.S.A. and it is obviously striking a chord with the voters, because when Bush attacks it, kerry's polls just get better.