Cross posted from Rational Resistance:
A friend of mine was asking me yesterday if I'm against Obama, and I'm really not. Still, I've come across a couple of things that really show him in a bad light, and since he is the leading candidate among liberals (for instance, he just won the Vermont Democratic Party's straw poll), I think it's important to look closely at him before he's our candidate, not after.
Therefore, I want to link to this diavlog that in it Matt Stoller makes some important points:
1. He was right on Iraq, but he hasn't done anything effective against the war or torture since he's been in the Senate.
2. He doesn't like activists, partly because of his whole “let's just get along” approach to things.
3. He wants to be part of the establishment, and consequently he hasn't really taken on the powerful institutions and politicians, like the press, that got us into the war.
4. There are no spots where you could show that his positions differ from those of Hillary Clinton.
Stoller is also saying that there are things he can do that would get away from these errors, like identifying the people who caused the war (“if he would Sister Souljah a liberal hawk . . .”) and saying that they were wrong and will have no role in his administration.
I know that most of the readers around here probably support him, so I'd be interested to hear what you think after you watch this.