SocraticGadfly: Will Nutroots Nation live up to its poll info?

July 21, 2008

Will Nutroots Nation live up to its poll info?



Or will it throw the “my Democrats right or wrong” switch in the voting lever in November?

Per a attendees’ poll from Netroots Nation, here’s the biggest concers:
Energy and global warming 19%
The growing gap between the rich and the poor 17%
Loss of constitutional rights 15%
The war in Iraq 11%
Corruption and special interests running Washington10%
Lack of affordable health care 9%
Other 8%
The federal deficit and government spending3%
High gas prices 2%
Lack of equal rights for gay and lesbian community2%

And, how does Barack Obama stand on these issues? Not a lot better than McCain.

B.O., like McCain, and like just about every member of the Republican-Democratic duopoly, has yet to use the phrase “Peak Oil.”

B.O. voted for the atrocious gutting of constitutional rights with the FISA amendment bill.

B.O. opted out of public campaign financing, at least raising an eyebrow on the special interests question.

B.O. will probably not get us to national health care, per Paul Krugman.

But, rather than vote Green or whatever, most attendees at Nutroots Nation will still pull the D lever in November, and never think otherwise.

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