Let's Be Clear About Obama
There are some interesting conversations and debates underway at   thenation.com (see especially Chris Hayes at Capitolism, "Left Out")   and in the progressive blogosphere (see Glenn Greenwald, Jane   Hamsher, Digby and David Sirota about why Obama has so few   progressives among his cabinet picks.) It's worth checking them out.  I think that we progressives need to be as clear-eyed, tough and   pragmatic about Obama as he is about us.  President-elect Obama is a centrist at a time when centrism means   energy independence and green jobs and universal health care and massive economic stimulus programs and government intervention in the   economy. He is a pragmatist at a moment when pragmatism and the   scale of our financial crisis compel him to adopt bold policies. He   is a cautious leader at a time when, to paraphrase New York Times   columnist Paul Krugman, caution is the new risky.The great traumas of   our day do not allow for cautious steps or responses.Sigue en http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut/385749