Obama and the Empire
Against The Current vol. 136

Date Written:  2008-09-01
Publisher:  Against The Current
Year Published:  2008
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX13438

As Barack Obama’s campaign shifted focus to battle John McCain following his victory over Hillary Clinton, various observers began to suggest that Obama had begun to “move to the center” in order to get elected. Supporters explained that shift as a necessary pragmatic step; others, airing varied degrees of disappointment, went so far as to suggest that he had somehow “lurched to the right.”