Posted on 08/04/2011 8:38:34 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
There have long been rumblings that the liberal base is ticked off at President Obama, but the Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party just put that frustration into writing: They've passed a resolution exploring calling for a primary challenge to Obama.
Now, this is largely symbolic, but it's heavy nonetheless. They're ticked that Obama hasn't ditched the Bush tax cuts, has continued drone attacks overseas, and hasn't ended the foreclosure crisis, among other sins listed below. The straw that broke their collective caucus backs, Caucus chair Karen Bernal told us Wednesday, was Obama's -- as the resolution put it -- "unilateral closed-door budget offer to slash Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, which endangers the New Deal and War on Poverty safety nets."
"Our silence," Bernal told us, "is a price that's too high to pay."
So last weekend -- July 30 -- at a meeting in Anaheim, the Prog Caucus broke their silence.
But doesn't Bernal remember when Teddy Kennedy challenged incumbent Prez Jimmy Carter in 1980...who lost to President Reagan later that year? Isn't she afraid that, as a Democrat, a primary challenge could weaken Obama and possibly lead to a Republican president?
"We already have one in so many of his policies," Bernal said.
Ouch.
Actually, the resolution itself is a bit more restrained -- or nuanced, if you prefer -- than that. Passed last weekend, it says that the Caucus....
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Progressivism = Communism.
They are unhappy that we are not headed for the sewer fast enough?
Loser, wasteful, futile programs which epitomize the loser, wasteful, futile dem party.
Why would the progressives want to primary the golden boy of progressivizm? He had the most liberal voting record in the senate! It is impossible to go any farther left.
who do they want?
Maybe Dennis Kucinich? He’s run for president before, and is losing his congressional district to re-districting. Dennis may feel he has nothing to lose politically, and could be used by those Dems. who feel that Obama hasn’t been liberal enough.
Sounds like fun! Bring out more popcorn!
RE: He had the most liberal voting record in the senate! It is impossible to go any farther left.
Oh yes he can. He hasn’t gone to full blown Marxism yet, but give him enough time...
Now wait a minute... opposing Obama... doesn’t that automatically make them racists???
The chances of this actually occuring are two, slim and none, and slim’s packing.
If the kenyanmugabe were to get a serious believable primary challenge then the Democrats will vote in their own primaries and Republicans won’t get handed Romney as “their” candidate.
A primary challenge to obama would be considered a racist move, would it not? Methinks the libs have painted themselves into the “racist” corner. LOL
Let us hope that the far left ,in sufficient numbers, put forth a candidate. On the other hand even if they do the far right may dilute its advantage by a splinter candidate. Our country IS dis-integrating, hence wht should not the parties dis-integrate. BY the way look at the number of serious candidates in the 1856 and 1860 Presidential elections.
I nominate Cynthia McKinney.
How about Sheila Jackson Lee?
Maybe I will put on my Mao cap with the red star and vote in the California Democrat primary next year.
Has Jerry ‘Moonbeam’ Brown raced in yet?
RE; Has Jerry ‘Moonbeam’ Brown raced in yet?
Now this I like to see, for all the talk about him being nutty, Jerry Brown was one of the few presidential candidates to propose a FLAT TAX ( that was in 1992 ).
...the Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party just put that frustration into writing: They've passed a resolution exploring calling for a primary challenge to [Zero].By doing so, every name on that list has made him or herself a target of Zero's thugocracy. And it serves them right, not least because their complaint is he's not left enough.
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