Obama rated most liberal senator in '07: Will this hurt him in the GE?

[bernicewilliams]

Barack Obama talks a lot about encouraging everyone to participate in his hopeful agenda. Democrats, independents, republicans. Ideology does not matter.

But how is being the most liberal senator in 2007, according to National Journal's newly released ratings, help him attract voters who think diffferently?



This is very good for us. But is good for Obama? McCain or Romney will use it in ads a lot.

[mth44sc]

1. does your shadow scare you?

Just askin'.

[LiberalFighter]

2. You need to check the bills that were used in the survey

and make the comparison side by side with Hillary Clinton's votes.

[mac2]

12. Or better yet against a real "liberal" politican such as

Maxine Walters, Conyers, Kucinich, etc. Even public action groups rate politicans better.

[LiberalFighter]

15. The other members of Congress will be released March 8th

[Thrill]

3. Who ever the Dems elect is going to be the most liberal

haven't you learned that?

[mac2]

8. "Liberal" only because they are of the Democratic Party

not what we the members of the party want or call liberal.

[Maddy McCall]

4. Maybe it's time that WE quit treating "liberal" as a dirty word.

Time to reclaim that word and be proud of it, if you ask me.

[INdemo]

10. YES!!!!!!!!!!!

Remember,when John F. Kennedy gave the world the definition of a "liberal".....It shut the right wingers up for a long time.........The first Democratic candidate or I should say the modern Democratic candidate that stands up and tells the world that he/she is proud to be a liberal will win my support.The problem with the Democratic party of today is it is filled with Republican lites and we dont need two Republican parties.......Another reason a progressive third party is needed.....

[mac2]

11. I don't treat it as a dirty word.

It think it is what democracy is about. A "RW Conservative" should be a bad word since they remove our power and steal our wealth.

[PADemD]

5. McCain and Romney are busy calling each other liberals.

[mac2]

9. They should call themselves liars and "murderers" of innocents

[Middle finga]

6. It's about convincing people that your ideas are right, Democrats

need to stop being afraid of being called liberal or progressive. A good communicator will be able to sell their ideas to the public.

[mac2]

7. Obama a liberal?

I don't think so. Not as a Senator from Illinois. Do you have the right man?

Comparing Hillary and Obama on being "liberals" is just plain comparing the same thing..oranges to oranges.

[mac2]

13. How about attracting voters by doing as they asked in 2006?

[Eric J in MN]

14. How can Obama be more liberal than Bernie Sanders?

How did they calculate that?

[mac2]

18. Neither Sanders or Obama

are doing what we asked in 2006. Out of Iraq and impeach the President. That's not honest let alone "liberal".

[lurky]

16. They will try.

Even if he was a right winger, they would call him the most liberal member of the senate. If they're going to get accused of it either way, we might as well run an actual liberal instead of a fake one.

[Occam Bandage]

17. You misunderstand Obama's bipartisanship.

He isn't a "bipartisan" because he's centrist. He's a bipartisan because he recognizes that progressive values are universal American values, and sells them as such, rather than hiding from them.

[Indenturedebtor]

19. YES

See his response to the immigration question in the CA debate.

Courage dammit.

[mac2]

21. He's had lots of time in Congress why hasn't he stopped it?

[mac2]

20. A "centrist" is not a "liberal" or even a representative of the people.

A centrist today means going along with Bush policy and doing so behind closed doors. They ignore the people's wishes and call themselves "centrist" when they are not. They don't even do their Constitutional duty for the people. They meet behind closed doors making deals to make sure corporations have a say (even write the law) and profit.