Obama continues to alienate progressives with the strategy of using Republican frames, a strategy that suggests Obama is "running as David Broder's love child."
So now Obama appears to be blaming Al Gore and John Kerry for the polarized state of the nation. I hear Rush Limbaugh shares that view.
From kos:
Psst, Barack, slamming John Kerry and Al Gore is what Republicans do. Not Democrats.
Making an argument for his electability, Obama said, "I don't want to go into the next election starting off with half the country already not wanting to vote for Democrats -- we've done that in 2004, 2000," according to a person at the event (rush transcript).
Funny, that. Last time I checked, Gore won his election. And really, is Obama going to argue now that the nation was divided because of the Democrats' fault? Is that the latest right-wing talking point he wants to peddle?
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