The U.K. Guardian commented yesterday on Robert Gibbs' remarks regarding the criticism of President Obama from the left.
The article quotes an interview with The Hill where Robert Gibbs states:
""I hear these people saying he's like George Bush. Those people ought to be drug tested," Gibbs said. "I mean, it's crazy."
"The press secretary dismissed the "professional left" in terms very similar to those used by their opponents on the ideological right, saying, "They will be satisfied when we have Canadian healthcare and we've eliminated the Pentagon. That's not reality.""
We don't need to get too excited about what Robert Gibbs is saying. The Obama Administration will need to move considerably toward the center of the political spectrum to be re-elected in 2012. Moving away from the political left is a wise move at this point. Elections are won in the center--20% of the left will always vote left, 20% of the right will always vote right, the campaign will be for the 60% that is somewhere between the two. The remarks of Robert Gibbs are the beginning of the courting of those votes. The liberal base that elected Barack Obama will not be voting for Republicans under any circumstances; therefore, (according to the Obama Administration) if alienating them will insure an election victory in 2012, let's get on with it!
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