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Will Obama Fight For The Democratic Party?

By Big Tent Democrat

By Big Tent Democrat

Steve Soto writes:

[Obama] will not be . . . a nominee who can define differences between the parties. Obama seemingly only mentioned “Republicans” in the context of reaching out to them, while letting their leaders off the hook, as if the last seven years of graft, corruption, and circumvention of the Constitution were bipartisan in origin. Obama aimed his attack not against the party which controlled Washington for the better part of this decade and which controlled Congress for the better part of the 1990’s. Rather, he aimed his critique against both parties and Washington as a whole, as if Democrats are equally culpable for the country’s problems.

More... If tonight is any guide, Democrats will be getting a nominee who runs just as often against them as Republicans. They will be getting a nominee who shows little stomach for holding the Republican Party in general and John McCain particularly accountable for what they have done to this country. His campaign seemingly has an easier time carving up a female Democratic opponent than they do a Republican standard-bearer who represents Bush’s third term, and who questions Obama’s fitness for office.

. . . My main question Senator Obama is this: with the nomination almost in hand now, when does your message shift from being all about you and the movement towards a call for a Democratic government to right the wrongs from years of GOP harm?

(Emphasis supplied.) I agree with Steve as I have for a while. But what does Obama care what Dems think now? He won without worrying about being a partisan Dem fighting for Dem issues. Now is hardly the time to expect Obama to veer towards Dems. That ship has sailed. And to be fair to Obama, he has won because of NON-Dems, having lost the Dem vote handily in this process. Obama can argue he is representing his consituency.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on February 20, 2008 (boomark / email).