Posted by
IndyBlogger on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 12:34:40 PM
In order to have a discussion about what from the Left means
or from the Center, what is moderate and what is Right we should define the measure
we are using to make that judgment. While I don’t think solving that completely right now is the most
important item, I’d like to set out a very simple guideline.
If the majority of the party on the Right votes for
something and only a minority on the Left do, I would consider that leaning
Right. If none to almost none do from
the Left, I’d say its far Right. I would
apply that same standard to the Left. When both parties vote for something in a majority, I would call the Moderate. That is the basis I use to analyze these
issues in general.
So we watch Obama’s actions and by the scale we begin make judgment
about from where he ‘rule’. In his first
actions, within hours, he ordered to suspend prosecutions of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay for 120 days. This should be alarming to many who hoped he
would rule from the Center. This is
clearly not a center position.
This issue received bi-partisan support two times and now he
has stopped it. The Congress and
Senate voted this was the best way to deal with this issue, and in a Gallup poll American’s
felt this was the best way to deal with the issue. The Gallup
question was should the base be closed and 45% said no and 35% said yes.
By the standard I have outlined, the position in the center
is to keep the base open have the prosecutions continue as the best alternative
able at this time. But he has chosen to test
the water early with far Left action, while he gives rosy speeches no one seems
to actually listen too from the center. I think we are going to see more of this and need to watch it closely.