Reply #95: I think some folks expected him to run the general the same way as the primary? [View All]

[kentuck]

Also, I think that is a little naive. However, I agree with you that this is not the time to legislate to the middle. When you compromise with evil, you still end up with evil. We do not need "bi-partisanship" with this present bunch of neo-cons and fascists that have gotten us into this mess. We need to defeat them.

However, to defeat them, you have to win the most votes. That is the reality. We are hoping that Obama will not be the President that he is now running as, but the President he ran as in the primary. But, there is some faith involved in voting in this way. How do we know he will not be another Bush or McCain clone? Because we have to make a choice and we want to be part of the direction that Obama takes. If we desert him, we will have no voice in the direction he goes once he is the President.

We liberals like to wear our heart on our sleeves. We say what we believe and we believe what we say. However, politics is inclusive of all the voters in the nation. Sometimes the picture is not pretty. But the first goal is to win. Then, we go to the second step...