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Arianna to Obama: Moving to the Middle is For Losers

By Jeralyn

Go Arianna! Check out her latest at Huffpo, Memo to Obama: Moving to the Middle is for Losers.

The Obama brand has always been about inspiration, a new kind of politics, the audacity of hope, and "change we can believe in." I like that brand. More importantly, voters -- especially unlikely voters -- like that brand.

Pulling it off the shelf and replacing it with a political product geared to pleasing America's vacillating swing voters -- the ones who will be most susceptible to the fear-mongering avalanche that has already begun -- would be a fatal blunder.

Arianna references the LA Times article on Obama's move to the center. My post on the article and Obama's move to the center is here.

It's not just guns, NAFTA, FISA, expansion of the death penalty and the promise of a stepped up fight in Afghanistan. It's also his outreach to evangelicals -- the radical right. It's something to keep in mind as he makes his faith speeches tomorrow and Wednesday.

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I also think his choice of a VP candidate will be very telling. If he chooses a conservative or military expert, what then? There's only so much unity Hillary can bring -- unless she's the VP candidate, of course.

I'm still not sure I want her to join the ticket. A large part of me believes Obama needs to win on his own.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on June 30, 2008 (boomark / email).