Well one thing Obama has excelled at, Demoralizing Progressive voters..

[Winterblues]

He is staying true to form....No health care reform only tax cuts and tort reform.....That is all Republicans will allow and I am not even sure they will go for that if Obama has anything to do with it...

[tekisui]

1. Exactly. he is losing a significant part of his winning coalition.

In a moment some posters will be along to blame progressives for having standards and expecting a seat at the table. They are wrong of course.

It is the candidate and the party's responsibility to build and maintain support. It is not the duty or the responsibility of a voter to stay loyal because of a label.

[Larkspur]

2. Guess Obama thought it was his personality that won the election

It definitely looks like Obama and his staff have misread the American People and the Democratic base.

[stray cat]

3. Progressive voters have always been good at demoralization and losing elections

They lost to a guy like W twice!

[Winterblues]

5. You mean all those centrist voted him in..

There were as many Liberals as conservative in 2000, it was the Centrists that put Bush* into office and now it is the Centrists that will boot Democrats from office. They will not allow good legislation to be passed..

[anonymous171]

7. Gore in 2000 was anything but progressive.

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[timeforpeace]

6. You make it sound as if excelling at this means he's not the incompetent empty suit that repukes

said he was.

[Stuart G]

8. How sad....he lost my support today..with this crap..He should..

fight like hell for the little guy, not give in to the rich assholes...