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AP Analyzes Obama's Shift to the Middle

By Jeralyn

The AP has an analysis today of President Obama's "shift to the center" on economic and national security issues. The most disconcerting line:

Afghanistan "could well be Obama's Vietnam, eventually," said James Thurber, a political scientist at American University.

Another analyst says:

"Obama calls himself a pragmatist. That often ends up with fairly centrist policies," Shapiro said. "In the end, the progressives, the left in Congress, will support the president even on getting a half loaf in health care rather than a full loaf," he added.

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On the economy:

He frequently complains he inherited a $1.2 trillion deficit from President George W. Bush.

But Obama's presidency, not yet four months old, has put the government on track for a $1.8 trillion shortfall. That's almost 13 percent of the nation's gross domestic product — a level not seen since 1945.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on May 19, 2009 (boomark / email).