But that would be assuming Obama actually agreed with Jerry Brown. Jerry Brown is an old-school Democrat from an old-school Democratic family.
Obama is a Chicago School Democrat, previously known as a slightly-right-of-Nixon Republican.
Ian Welsh is right: Obama must be defeated, and he must be seen to have been defeated by the “left” (such as it is) or he will become the new definition of liberal and/or Democrat — validated by all those liberals and Democrats who voted for him.
But that would be assuming Obama actually agreed with Jerry Brown. Jerry Brown is an old-school Democrat from an old-school Democratic family.
Obama is a Chicago School Democrat, previously known as a slightly-right-of-Nixon Republican.
Ian Welsh is right: Obama must be defeated, and he must be seen to have been defeated by the “left” (such as it is) or he will become the new definition of liberal and/or Democrat — validated by all those liberals and Democrats who voted for him.