...with President-elect Obama's actions so far:
“He has confirmed what our suspicions were by surrounding himself with a centrist to right cabinet. But we do hope that before it's all over we can get at least one authentic progressive appointment,” said Tim Carpenter, national director of the Progressive Democrats of America."
Read the whole thing to get more particulars.
This brings to mind several possibilities: 1] That the usual infighting among Democratic Party special-interest groups has already begun; 2] That this may actually be what Obama wants--stiff the left when possible, get them speaking out...and then be able to say to the vast middle of the electorate, "See, I'm a centrist and a moderate." But also 3] aren't liberals being more than a bit impatient? I mean, Obama's already talking about a huge economic stimulus package that could run $300 billion bucks, a big public works program...
We'll see if Obama can hold his coalition together.
