Picture of the Day
posted by mikevotes at
7:00 AM
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6 Comments:
Is it just me or does this photo have an eerie resemblance to Condi Rice?
I haven't seen that in Obama's photos before.
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Anonymous, at 8:24 AM
Something about the angle makes a chubbier rounder face.
Pulled it off TPM rather than the wires, so, although I don't think so, the aspect may have been changed.
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mikevotes, at 10:39 AM
It's the constipated grimace...
Just a passing thought... Is it just me or are other people not feeling the progressive love from the Obama camp lately. FISA, "Faith Based" government programs, running from Wes Clark's inartful, but not inaccurate, response to Schieffer... Tacking to the center is one thing -- and not a very flattering thing -- but this is starting to look like he's running from a fight; to stand for an issue.
Hmm.
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-epm, at 10:55 AM
Again, I think we have to remember where we are. We're at the definition phase, and Obama is running from "the most liberal Senator" tag.
Also, just as a warning. A man running as a "unifier" is gonna have to take some positions on the center and right.
The question is, where does he do it? Tax policy, healthcare, where?
(PS. If he funds the faith based programs the way the Bush administration did, it will be less than a highway project. I don't like it, but it's pretty small pork as it goes.
My concern would be that the money is distributed fairly, not just to evangelicals.)
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mikevotes, at 11:09 AM
No, I understand the political calculus. Maybe I'm overly sensitive, but I was hoping Obama would unify Americans around progressive policies, not unify himself with conservative ones. That's overly harsh on my part, but on some big issues Obama seems to be affirming Republican policies rather than trying to shift the discussion to alternative American-values-based solutions. I'm not freaking out or anything; I was just hoping for more progressive advocacy on these issues.
Maybe that will come later... post Labor Day.
Now, perhaps this is just where he needs to be at this point in time. He continues to undercut right wing accusations of liberal, anti-Christian, weak on security, blah, blah, blah. Obama's making it difficult for McCain's mud to stick and I guess that's what he needs to do as he introduces himself to the Americans who weren't paying attention during the primaries.
Just an observation...
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-epm, at 11:28 AM
Sorry. Progressive is good in my eyes, and on a lot of subjects I lean that way, but you have to understand that the center of the country is now somewhere between dead center and Clinton/DLC, not further left, and that's especially true in the swing states.
(Also, as you look at some of these, understand that he's now viewing them as the likely next president, and things like the FISA fight look a little different when you're about to be the one in the big chair, you know?)
And I wouldn't hold my breath for post labor day or anytime in this election cycle. He's going to run a centerleft line on domestic policy and a center line on nat'l security.
The key thing to watch will be the appointments, cabinet, etc. That will give the real sense of how he intends to govern.
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mikevotes, at 3:11 PM
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