Yellow Dogs For Obama
                   
trueblueliberal.com     09-Jul-2008            

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 by RLR From The Progressive By Ruth Conniff It was a crummy week for Obama, leading up to the 4th of July. But over on DailyKos, the antiwar, progressive netroots could learn why smart guys using “hard numbers” can demonstrate that Obama’s opposition to gun control laws, support for unfettered government wiretapping, and denunciation of the Supreme Court for placing limits on the death penalty, as well as his vow to expand Bush’s faith-based initiatives and his backtracking on firm deadlines for withdrawal from Iraq, are actually brilliant good news. You have to understand the math, you see. I’ll spare you the rehash of poll numbers showing that Obama needs to shore up support among conservatives and independent, swing voters–never mind those young, progressive, antiwar voters he assumes are already in... [read full story]                    


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