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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
I just wish Obama would start talking policy. I don't blame him for not doing it so far, he hasn't had to. Why risk it? At some point, though, he will have to say some things that far left folks aren't going to like.
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I agree, actually. If the far left wing of the party thinks Obama is going to present all their ideas on a national stage, my guess is they'll be disappointed. I can see Obama constructing a fairly moderate platform with one or two "lefty" planks, like a phased withdrawal from Iraq and a national health insurance program of some kind, probably modeled on Massachussetts.
After that, it's control spending, get out of debt, stimulate the economy, control emissions. Which will be McCain's platform too, incidentally. In the end, these two guys will be different only on wedge issues, which will make for a nasty campaign, but not mean a whole lot in terms of the presidency in the end.