Comments on: Obama is Being Republican Lite http://dangerousintersection.org/2009/01/26/obama-is-being-republican-lite/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:41:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: GOP Budget/Strategy Goes From Nothing to Worse | Dangerous Intersection http://dangerousintersection.org/2009/01/26/obama-is-being-republican-lite/comment-page-1/#comment-65487 GOP Budget/Strategy Goes From Nothing to Worse | Dangerous Intersection Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:39:52 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=4509#comment-65487 [...] upon America. The president sought bi-partisan support for the bill that included (in my opinion) too many GOP style tax breaks. The president’s bill received three Republican votes. But, the fact that only three GOP votes [...] [...] upon America. The president sought bi-partisan support for the bill that included (in my opinion) too many GOP style tax breaks. The president’s bill received three Republican votes. But, the fact that only three GOP votes [...]

]]> By: Joshu http://dangerousintersection.org/2009/01/26/obama-is-being-republican-lite/comment-page-1/#comment-35001 Joshu Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:56:44 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=4509#comment-35001 This is a rather spot-on assessment of the situation, I'd say. While I do see Obama as being an *overall* improvement over the previous administration, situations like this make me wonder if his more progressive stances might be overshadowed by his tendency to "reach across the aisle". On the other hand, however, this bipartisanship may very well end up making it easier- in the long run- to drum up support for progressive policies from both Democrats and Republicans. This is a rather spot-on assessment of the situation, I’d say.

While I do see Obama as being an *overall* improvement over the previous administration, situations like this make me wonder if his more progressive stances might be overshadowed by his tendency to “reach across the aisle”. On the other hand, however, this bipartisanship may very well end up making it easier- in the long run- to drum up support for progressive policies from both Democrats and Republicans.

]]>