GUEST OPINION: One year later: Unrest within the Obama base

Submitted by Anna on Sat, 11/07/2009 - 17:21

By NORMAN SOLOMON
Press Democrat
November 4, 2009

On election night a year ago, celebrations across the North Bay included dancing in the streets. The voters had spoken — loudly — for Barack Obama, who won 74 percent of ballots in Sonoma County and 78 percent in Marin. Spirits were sky high, and so were expectations.

That evening, as he spoke to the nation from Chicago’s Grant Park, Obama repeated his campaign mantra: “Yes we can.” But a year later, the words are less uplifting.

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