Barack Obama Rushes to the Right

Published: July 1, 2008, 8:00 am

As Obama goes hunting in Middle America the question for Democrats is whether to applaud him as a cunning politician who knows how to win or fret that he's given undecided voters reason to think his 'politics of hope' are just politics as usualThe Rot Starts Here [Source]How Far Right Will Obama Go to Get Elected?In an action that combines cynical political opportunism and outright reaction, Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate, has publicly denounced Wednesday's decision by the US Supreme Court outlawing the execution of people convicted of child rape.Obama's rush to embrace the right-wing minority on the Supreme Court is a clear demonstration of his political trajectory.Having become the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and given the overwhelming popular hostility to the Bush administration and the Republican Party, in a strong position to win the White House he is moving rapidly to the right, seeking to demonstrate his

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