Andrew nails one of the reasons that Obama is inherently a superior candidate to Clinton. Since he was not politically active during the early 90's, he is not suffering from PTSD from the reaming liberal viewpoints took at the hands of the triangulating DLC'ers and the Gingrich revolutionaries. He is not convinced that his viewpoints are, inherently, unpopular, and hence does not have the automatic desire to get to the center whenever the heat is raised a bit.
Note that this is what makes him a better candidate, in the sense of 'would make a better president.' While I like to think that courage of conviction actually wins you points in elections, I know in my heart that it's actually centrist pandering, at which Hilary is the undisputed queen bee.
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The center's where it's at, baby. That's something that the left and right just don't get... democracy is about COMPROMISE (what a novel idea). The partisan rancor that has exemplified the last 10 years is the direct result of this holier than thou attitude in the cores of both parties and it's the reason that nothing gets done. The all or nothing attitude is completely self defeating in the end.
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