Opposing President Obama in the Primaries?

Would it be a good thing or a bad thing if President Obama were opposed from the left in the primaries? I am not sure. I do think Romney is not helped by being opposed in the Republican primaries. Michael Lerner has an interesting discussion of the question of opposing Obama as a vehicle to raise issues on the progressive agenda and an excellent discussion of the disturbing ways in which he has fallen short. See here. It is well worth reading.

Comments

[Jimbino]

That's hilarious. There's no way in hell to be left of Obama, unless you're a commie or marxist.

[Steve Shiffrin]

Hmm. So you think the House Democrats, Robert Reich, Paul Krugman, and the editors of the New York Times (to name a few) are Marxists? I doubt you think that. I wish you would stick to more serious commentary.