Obama’s Centrism Could Drive the GOP Out of Business

Pajamas Media ^ | January 13 | Jennifer Rubin

[AJKauf]

Perhaps it is all a gigantic head fake. Maybe President-elect Obama is going to dash Left as soon as he utters the words “So help me God” next week. But so far, there seems to be the most astounding and sweeping repudiation of a president’s own base of support in the offing since … well, since forever.

The president-elect may end up pleasing conservatives more than McCain would have...

[bassmaner]

How much is that bridge you’re selling?

[SolidWood]

Centrism... LOL. Even Bush has veered far to the left recently. Obama is anything but centrist. This whole nations has slipped so far left since decades, that someone like Obamarx passes as centrist?

[Niuhuru]

If he didn’t become a raging lefty and did move to the center, then I would bless him if only because I love this country so much that I want it to thrive irrespective of who is in power.

However I don’t think he’s centrist, just a political prostitute has set a new standard.

[WayneS]

Did he say head fake or fake head?

[Perdogg]

She’s been drinking more than 7 cups of coffee.

[dirtboy]

Yeah, just like Clintoon's centrism drove the GOP out of business after 1992.

Oops, wait, it didn't. The GOP took control of both houses in 1994. What gives?

[17th Miss Regt]

The president-elect will end up pleasing terrorists more than McCain would have...

[Darkwolf377]

I think Obama realizes that he is such a huge celebrity and novelty that he can govern any way he likes and he will be re-elected.

If he governs to the right, he will pick up enough conservative votes to add to those he got this last time around, and retain all the libs who got all excited about voting for skin color last time and the yellow dog dems. At the same time he will effectively eliminate any apparent need for a new RINO president ala what McCain and others called for recently. Who needs Chuck Hagel or whoever if Obama is doing enough to please conservatives who don't come to FR but who thought they'd give this guy a shot?

[ExTexasRedhead]

Someone is off their Prozac and thinks were morons.

[murdoog]

the most astounding and sweeping repudiation of a president’s own base of support in the offing since … well, since forever

Ummm....there was this George Bush fella fairly recently.

[RetiredArmy]

The RINOcrat party, formerly made up of republicans, is a self inflicted wound. Everything they have “accomplished” is through pure stupidity.

[El Cid]

Actually I would not mind seeing the present GOP/RINO party go the same way as the Whig party.
We need a political party that espouses conservative positions - not another group that advocates a headlong dash towards Godless socialism - but just at a slightly slower speed than the Dems...

[Antoninus]

Is that what they’re calling Culture of Death, Big Government Liberalism these days?

[Captain Kirk]

The thing to remember here is the necons are cozzying up to Obama. That’s all you need to know. Pajamas is invested with neocons.

[Blood of Tyrants]

[0bama will] end up where Bush is — with the choice of using force or acquiescing to the idea of a nuclear Iran.

And THAT is a fact. No amount of flowery orations on the necessity to get along without Iran as a nuclear power is going to convince them to stop enriching uranium.

[GeronL]

centrism???? WTF???????? How is that centrism??

[Boiling Pots]

I’ve always thought he was trying to lull us all to sleep.

[DManA]

Does the author consider socialism a centrist ideology.

I see there is a big wickie war going on with Carol Browners socialist ties. Currently this information is censored:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Carol_Browner

[Tublecane]

The man is a Democrat who ran on tax cuts. Who the hell knows who his base is?