Michael Lerner's very powerful case for primarying Obama.Ralph Nader's very powerful case for primarying Obama (and he's not running again).
No one in the Democratic Party will do it. It would be su!cide for any profession
al politician in the Democratic Party to run against the party's sitting president (the DLC has gotten too powerful, what with a Democrat in the White House and a Democratic
ally-contr
olled Senate overseeing an NSA with today's eavesdropp
ing abilities)
.
Unless Obama drops out, the only challenges to him will come from outside the Democratic Party (Republica
ns or Independen
ts).
Mushy-mind
ed Obama supporters need to get better informed; cultivatin
g some real Democratic conviction
s wouldn't hurt either. Because whether it's expanding the 'War on Terror', taking single payer universal health care, a public option, investigat
ions and prosecutio
ns of BushCheney
, etc., off the table, or continuing the BushCheney policies and going Bush-Chene
y one better (by asserting that
presidents have the right to k!ll American citizens with no due process, no oversight, and '
preventive detention', the right to imprison anyone indefinite
ly because he thinks they
might commit a crime), or using JoeLieberm
an to hide behind, to duck out on his campaign pledge of transparen
cy, and gut the FOIA,
no real Democrat could continue to support Obama or any politicians purporting to be Democrats doing this.Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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