By now, I'm fairly convinced the O-train is gonna mow down the so-called 'Straight Talk Express.' Although things may happen to dampen support here and there, generally, polls are trending Obama.
So, I have a question: Couldn't Obama fake middle and go left? Would he really be hurt by it? I don't think so. In fact I think calling someone a republican today is generally more connotative of something negative than calling someone a liberal. Now, I do have that mythical centrist American voter along with the low-information voter in mind, but I think that still stands.
I ask this because Democrats generally do the opposite, i.e., fake left-go center. One place for instance, where former Pres. Clinton's inclinations as a centrist began to show was in his embracing of free trade and the whole classical spiel of economics, as most famously espoused by Friedman.
I'm also writing this to raise awareness in general, of Obama's Economic Policy. If Obama's base, i.e. us!, can influence his choice of economic advisers, we have less of a chance of being disappointed by him.
A propos, Naomi Klein has an article in the Nation where she critiques his economic advisers and gives generally enlightening commentary. article
(I generally find promoting stuff anathema, but Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine is a must read for how the Neocon-victs engineered disaster all over the world.The Shock Doctrine)
If Obama were to stay left, I would think that would basically make it obligatory for him to support impeachment vocally and strongly and really let Bush and his criminals have it. I'm almost positive he feels this way privately. How could he not, being a constitutional scholar and all?
People on the left are already becoming disillusioned with him because of his failure to call a crook a crook.