The Sad Reality Of A Nutroot

Just to re-visit that Clemons piece in which he is so disappointed in Obama - not that they won't all be on board come the Fall.

However, the truth is, to do what he thinks he needs to do to win, Obama is becoming Hillary Clinton. The man is casting off all the "hope" he engendered across the Netroots crowd as he traded upon their goodwill to climb to the top. And now, he is setting them adrift.

But he knows they have no other choice. Sure, conservatives may not be thrilled with McCain. But we have the same McCain we had going in - no better, no worse. And for the vast majority of conservatives, he'll have to do.

Unfortunately, the Netroots got hosed. And all they can "hope" for now is that Obama gets elected and returns to being what I suspect he is - extremely liberal. Of course, having been watching Obama - I doubt he will. Because he's going to start running for a second term almost immediately after winning a first, should that occur.

Ultimately the Netroots can never be truly fulfilled politically because they are simply too out of step with a majority of main street America. And no amount of blog posts or raised cash is going to change that reality for the politicians fronting for them who must face re-election - not simply the scorn from Right-side adversaries in the blog world.

Comments

[Spartan112]

When are you going to report on this little nugget Dan?

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[Steve Clemons]

Dan -- Thanks for the blog hug ;-)

You are right that I'm disappointed in Obama on some of his latest moves -- and his team may be making the calculation that you suggest -- that folks like me have no where to go politically.

I'm more centrist/conservative, in a classic sense, than I think you've observed and have been acquainted with and an admirer of John McCain since 1993 when he was an advisory board member of the Nixon Center of which I was the first executive director.

But despite a number of policy agreements that really deal with his posture on the Iraq War and Middle East, I admire McCain and could have supported him as I did in 2000.

But if you look closely, I think you'll find that Obama is not the only one morphing into some new forms. The McCain we see today is not the same one we saw two years ago and four years ago and eight years ago. That's not criticism -- it's just fact I think...

Again, thanks for the attention -- best, steve clemons