The liberal stain

My uncle Dan sent me yet another Dick Morris rant, this one explaining how the liberal "stain" will infect Obama once he is elected, even as he attempts to move to the "center" right now, citing how Clinton went from the party leader to its "hostage" in the early years of his presidency. This is my reply:

I think this is ridiculous. The Democratic party, and Democratic members of Congress, are very different today compared with 15 years ago. Nancy Pelosi and especially Harry Reid, are not traditional liberals at all. There are a lot of "blue dog" Democrats - people with much more centrist ideologies - in Congress now. Is this an argument for voting against Obama, or just a rant about evil liberals?

All politicians, at all levels, from all parties, say things during campaigns that they believe will help them get elected, regardless of what they really plan to do, and regardless of what they know perfectly well will be the political reality once they get into office (Bush flipped on so many things - my personal favorite is his assertion that he'd have a "humble" foreign policy). And all presidents must compromise with the legislative branch - it's called checks and balances, and last I heard, it was considered a good thing!