"What does this mean? That Real Clear Politics is not impartial and the survey is misleading? That just as Obama infuriates progressives, he simultaneously picks up Republicans?"
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It's a little of both.
Think of the surveys/po
lls more as push-polli
ng, meant to influence the public and coax voters into not becoming alarmed, that "everybody likes him so you should, too".
From before Obama got into the 2008 election, the plan was to move the Democratic Party even farther to the right than the DLC had already taken it. The plan since the DLC was created in 1985 was to make it into the old Republican Party of the 1950s. To marginaliz
e the Republican Party which the far rightwing (neocons, Chr!st!an Coalition, etc.) has been controllin
g and bring the moderate Republican
s (politicia
ns and their supporters
) into the Democratic Party. Moving the Democratic Party even farther to the right-of-c
enter than it's been since Clinton pushes the left out, marginaliz
es us, too. We on the left are told, "You think Republican
s are going to give you a better deal?" to get us to cave and vote Democratic
. But even if we don't, enough moderate Republican
s will fill our places. From this new 'center' (very far right of center, in fact), the Democratic Party hopes to govern "for 100 years".
This is why we on the left just can't get discourage
d, can't just opt out, can't stay home and not vote -- We must actively work for third parties, draft real populists to run for office, and vote for Independen
ts.
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