{"id":11178,"date":"2008-02-21T07:50:04","date_gmt":"2008-02-21T13:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=11178"},"modified":"2008-02-21T07:50:04","modified_gmt":"2008-02-21T13:50:04","slug":"election-2008-obama-comes-out-karl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=11178","title":{"rendered":"Election 2008: Obama comes out [Karl]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dark Lord Karl Rove<\/a> notes that Sen. Barack Obama’s post-Wisconsin, policy-oriented speech provides an entree for his Democratic and Republican rivals to attack:<\/p>\n

Until now, Mr. Obama has been making appeals to the center, saying, for example, that we are not red or blue states, but the United States. But in his Houston speech, he used the opportunity of 45 (long) minutes on national TV to advocate a distinctly non-centrist, even proudly left-wing, agenda. By doing so, he opened himself to new and damaging contrasts and lines of criticism.<\/p>\n

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Mrs. Clinton can do much more to draw attention to Mr. Obama’s lack of achievements. She can agree with Mr. Obama’s statement Tuesday night that change is difficult to achieve on health care, energy, poverty, schools and immigration — and then question his failure to provide any leadership on these or other major issues since his arrival in the Senate. His failure to act, advocate or lead on what he now claims are his priorities may be her last chance to make a winning argument.<\/p>\n

Mr. McCain gets a chance to question Mr. Obama’s declaration he won’t be beholden to lobbyists and special interests. After Mr. Obama’s laundry list of agenda items on Tuesday night, Mr. McCain can ask why, if Mr. Obama rejects the influence of lobbyists, has he not broken with any lobbyists from the left fringe of the Democratic Party? Why is he doing their bidding on a range of issues? Perhaps because he occupies the same liberal territory as they do.<\/p>\n

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These stands represent not just policy vulnerabilities, but also a real danger to Mr. Obama’s credibility and authenticity. He cannot proclaim his goal is the end of influence for lobbies if the only influences he seeks to end are lobbies of the center and the right.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That seems logical, but\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0it may take time\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0for that logic to sink in with this year’s audience for Ivy League populism<\/a>.\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0 And it might never sink in with some of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dark Lord Karl Rove notes that Sen. Barack Obama’s post-Wisconsin, policy-oriented speech provides an entree for his Democratic and Republican rivals to attack: Until now, Mr. Obama has been making appeals to the center, saying, for example, that we are not red or blue states, but the United States. But in his Houston speech, he used the opportunity of 45 (long) minutes on national TV to advocate a distinctly non-centrist,<\/p>\n

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