akuma587 said:
Policy-wise, Mr. Emanuel has fashioned himself as a "New Democrat" in the Clinton mold. He has long been an advocate of governing from the center, reaching across the aisle to seek consensus. As a Clinton adviser, he championed welfare reform and free trade. He's even called for a flatter, less progressive system of taxation. As a congressman, Mr. Emanuel supported the Bush administration's decision to remove Saddam Hussein, though he subsequently criticized the president's management of the war in Iraq. So I asked Mr. Emanuel if the election of an unabashed liberal like Mr. Obama has made the New Democrat strategy obsolete. Perhaps what we witnessed on Tuesday means that liberalism is ascendant and the U.S. is no longer a center-right nation. "I think the country is incredibly pragmatic," he responded. "Pragmatic and progressive. But you still have to mix and match different approaches to reach your objectives. You have to be flexible." Doesn't exactly look like he is your rank and file Congressman to me.
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To be fair. Bush advocated himself as a uniter and not a Divider.
As for advocating Free Trade... there aren't many people who don't anymore excpet for the occasional democrat who has to win his seat in the Erie states.
They just all do what Obama does. Talk a big game about caring then when he's out of town say they overexagerated on their promises or just don't adress it at all.
