Political Commentary

If, assuming as Patrick Martin of the WSWS does, Obama wins tomorrow, not a sure thing, we can expect the same old shit from the Democrats as the Republicans because they, too, are not representing the people but instead the financial elite.

The most telling thing about Obama is his being surrounded by neoliberal economists who are STILL enamored with Friedmanism.

That's why I want Obama to lose; it's NOT going to be a victory for traditional Democratic Party principles.

Having capitalized on popular hatred for President George Bush and mobilized working and young people on the basis of calls for “change” and “new politics” and invocations of the “fierce urgency of now,” Obama and the Democratic leadership are taking pains to reassure the ruling elite that if they win the election, they will carry out a thoroughly conventional and conservative agenda that upholds the interests of the financial aristocracy.