----- Original Message ----- From: "Wojtek S" <wsoko52 at gmail.com>
[WS:] Yup. This is the 800-pound gorilla in the room that most on this list do not want to mention. I think O is quite responsive to his perceived constituencies, it is just the the left is not among them. And it is not there not because O chooses to ignore it, but because its impact on electoral outcomes is negligible. Believing otherwise borders on delusions of grandeur.
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Except for the little point that it was that left constituency that elected him. He ran on a progressive platform.
j.