THE OBAMA SHIFT IS NORMAL EXPECTED AND ACCEPTED BY DEMOCRATS

Democrats take Obama shift in stride [1]

DEMOCRATS RECOGNIZE THAT YOU HAVE TO BUILD A COALITION BEYOND A NARROW THREAD OF THE PARTY TO RUN THE COUNTRY. A REALITY THAT ESCAPES THE REPUBLICANS

As Barack Obama moves to broaden his appeal beyond loyal Democrats, a chorus of anger and disappointment has arisen from the left. But those voices are a distinct minority because the party has a more pressing concern: winning in November. [1]

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YOU CANNOT PIGEON HOLE OBAMA AS A LIBERAL.

On Wednesday, Obama again bucked his liberal allies, voting in the Senate to give legal immunity to phone companies that took part in warrantees wiretapping after the Sept. 11 attacks. Critics chided Obama for the vote -- which put him crossways with dozens of Democratic colleagues, including Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York [1]
Obama's vote was not unexpected, as he had signaled earlier that he would back the compromise legislation. But the senator from Illinois found himself at odds with Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (Nev.) and Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin (Ill.), as well as three of his opponents for the Democratic nomination, including Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.). [2]

THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY WILL BUILD A NEW DEMOCRATIC BASE ,MEN, WOMEN, YOUNG OLD, BLACK , WHITE, BROWN, RICH , POOR AND A SURVIVING MIDDLE CLASS PULLED FROM REPUBLICAN EXTINCTION.

The vote, a reversal of an earlier pledge, was Obama's latest perceived step away from his party's base on a range of issues, among them the death penalty, gun control and taxpayer money for religious groups.[1]

THE CENTER IS NOT A BAD PLACE TO BE AFTER TWO PRESIDENTIAL TERMS OF THE CHENEY RIGHT WING AND POSSIBLE IDENTICAL FUTURE WITH MCCAIN

OpenLeft.com, said that an Obama win in November would be a victory for "centrist government," adding: "Progressives are going to have to organize for progressive values."[2]

OBAMA INTRODUCES A STRONG PRO WOMAN POLICY

"I don't accept an America where a woman earns less than a man for the same work, or an America that makes women choose between their kids and their careers," Sen. Obama said in a statement.[3]

His "Plan for Economic Security for America's Working Women" includes a repackaging of existing economic ideas such as a tax cut of as much as $1,000 per family that would affect as many as 71 million working women, and new proposals including a required seven days of paid sick leave for an estimated 22 million additional working women as well as more affordable child care.[3]

WORKING PEOPLE TO GET A MINIMUM WAGE BOOST WITH MCCAIN

As part of his plan to support working women, Sen. Obama pledges to raise the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour by 2011 from $7.25 an hour in 2009, reduce health-care costs per family by as much as $2,500 and promote equal pay for women.[3]

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, women earn 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. The pay gap is greater for minority working women, with Hispanic women earning 53 cents and African-American women 62 cents for every dollar men earn.[3]

SPEED BOATING BLOGGER QUICK TO ATTACK THE LOGICAL EVOLUTION OF PRESIDENCY. OBAMA IS ON THE BEST PATH.

Reaction has been swift and -- aside from the blogosphere and some newspaper columnists -- notably mild.[1]

WE HAVE TO BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK, BUT WE KNOW WHO THE THUGISH ENEMY IS- MC CAIN!

"We're willing to work through this period," said Richard Parker, president of the liberal Americans for Democratic Action, one of the party's most enduring advocacy groups. In the long
run, he said, the organization's "serious concerns" about Obama are far outweighed by its disagreements with Republican John McCain.[1]

VETERANS KNOWS THAT MC CAIN IS NOT THE ONE.

Gerald Austin, a veteran Democratic strategist, put it more succinctly: "When I hear people complaining . . . I tell them I have one thing to say: 'President John McCain. Three Supreme Court appointments.' That's all I need to say."[1]

OBAMA IS SIMPLY SAYING I AM MY OWN MAN AND I WILL TELL IT LIKE IT IS

Obama denies any sort of shape-shifting. Campaigning in Georgia on Tuesday, the Illinois senator said that those who see him as moving to the center "haven't been listening."[1]"Everybody has become so cynical about politics that the assumption is you must be doing everything for political reasons," Obama said. "And the message I want to send to everybody is: You're not going to agree with me on 100% of what I think. But don't assume that if I don't agree with you on something, that it must be because I'm doing that politically. I may just disagree with you."[1]

The reality is that Obama is some of all those things. His strong opposition to the Iraq war helped draw support from the left in the primary elections. But he insisted Tuesday that he long has held many positions that are moderate rather than liberal. [2]

THE PRIMARY WAS A BATTLE WITHIN THE PARTY, NOW ALL GUNS ARE AIMED AT MCCAIN.

At the very least, Obama has changed his tone and his emphasis after competing with Clinton for months to seem truest to the Democratic Party's traditional values.[1]

OBAMA HAS ROOM FOR RELIGIOUS FUNDING, SUPPORTING THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS AND CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ALONG WITH OTHER TRADITIONAL DEMOCRATIC POSITIONS ON HIS PLATE

Last week alone, Obama gave a speech on his support for public funding of social programs run by religious groups, and another on patriotism, wearing a flag pin on his lapel. The week before, he welcomed the Supreme Court's decision overturning a handgun ban in the District of Columbia and criticized its ruling against the death penalty for child rape. [1]

OBAMA WILL CONTINUE THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM

On Wednesday, he voted for the wiretapping bill, which passed 69 to 28. Obama has called his support a "close call," saying the measure enabled authorities to investigate suspected terrorists but put limits on a president's power to approve wiretaps.[1]

AMERICANS ACCEPT A SHIFT BETWEEN THE PRIMARY RACE AN THE GENERAL ELECTION

Few voters cast their ballots based on a single issue, making much of the discussion of Obama's evolution -- real or imagined -- just so much talk by political insiders. Significantly, though, many have accepted what they see as Obama's shift.[1]"To the extent progressives see him as the Reagan of the left, Reagan didn't tack toward the center," Austin said. "He moved the American electorate to the right."[1]

THE CONSERVATIVE BLOGGING PARROTS ARE SPOUTING THE MCCAIN TALKING POINTS OF THE MOMENT

The greater danger for Obama may come from outside the party. His recent statements have made it easier for McCain to undercut his image by portraying him as just another garden-variety politician "willing to change positions, break campaign commitments and undermine his own words in his quest for higher office," as Tucker Bounds, a spokesman for the Arizona senator, put it. [1]

ONE (OBAMA) MANS FLIP CAN BE ANOTHER MANS (MCCAIN) FLOP

But McCain is also vulnerable to charges of flip-flopping, above all for embracing the Bush tax cuts that he once dismissed as giveaways to the rich. [1]

MCCAIN WAS NOT UP TO TALK ALL SUBJECTS HIMSELF

Republican John McCain prides himself on being a straight talker. But he resisted being dragged into a discussion Wednesday about insurance companies that cover Viagra but not birth control products.[5]

NEITHER THE FAR RIGHT NOR THE FAR LEFT SHOULD RUN THE COUNTRY. THE DEMOCRATS UNDERSTAND THIS THE REPUBLICANS DO NOT

The last Democrat to occupy the White House, Bill Clinton, benefited from the same sort of shrugging acceptance from the left. A few years in the political wilderness can do a lot to promote party unity.[1]

MOST INTELLIGENT PRESIDENTS, AS OBAMA IS, WILL MOVE TOWARD THE MIDDLE WHILE PRESERVING THEIR CORE VALUES. BUSH DID NOT MCCAIN WILL NOT.

In 1992, Clinton ran on a platform that included deficit reduction and "ending welfare as we know it" -- hardly Democratic orthodoxy. Clinton, then the governor of Arkansas, also left the campaign trail to preside over the execution of a mentally incapacitated inmate, Ricky Ray Rector, and famously went before Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition to repudiate Sister Souljah, a hip-hop artist and political activist. [1]While there was some outcry from liberal activists, the overwhelming majority of Democrats -- and liberal voters -- stuck with Clinton in the fall. More significantly, the moves strengthened Clinton's reputation as "a different kind of Democrat," broadening his appeal and helping him win a three-way contest against President George H.W. Bush and independent Ross Perot.No two elections are the same. Clinton no doubt gained mightily from the fact that there was no blogosphere back in 1992: The "net-roots" have been a source of much of the anxiety over Obama's moves.[1]


THE DEMOCRATIC MISSION I TO TAKE THE WHITE HOUSE, NOT TO BE DISTRACTED

But one similarity is a deep hunger among Democrats to take back the White House -- which has made many in the party willing to stomach views they might have once rejected.[1]Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, disagreed with Obama's support for the ruling on the right to bear arms. But from a pragmatic standpoint, Helmke said, "I think Obama probably played it the right way politically."[1]

OBAMA ADOPTED POSITIONS [4]
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/
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By Terry Bankert 7/10/08

—SOURCES
[1]
Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-campaign10-2008jul10,0,3985203.story

[2]
MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25616583/

[3]
Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121564387773740681.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

[4]
Obama Adopted Positions
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/
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Comments of Terry Bankert to include CAP headlines.
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[5]
AP
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iNxTApa2sQRu0Xx99P3jt2bEXw7gD91QRPM80

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