The Center Lacks Appeal—And Substance*

Tom Tomorrow

There's a growing consensus that Obama has fucked this thing up, but not because he's necessarily weak, or indifferent to the middle class and the left—he fucked-up precisely because he's a 21st century Democrat. His story and rhetoric mask his strong connections to capital, corporations and the status quo (also Republicans).

*So why does Obama and the beltway's "serious people" place so much stock in a fiction?

Updated: It occurs to me that this mythical center could only form after a real ideological battle—something that Obama has consistently refused to wage.