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Obama "Shift to the Center" and the Narrow Authoritarian Spectrum in U.S. Politics

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7. For some useful reflections, see David Moberg, "Obamanomics," In These Times (April 2008); Max Fraser, "Subprime Obama," The Nation (February 11, 2008); Doug Henwood, "Would You Like Change with That?" Left Business Observer, No. 117 (March 2008); Paul Krugman, "Loans and Leadership," New York Times, 28 March, 2008, p. A23; Paul Krugman, "Big Table Fantasies," New York Times, 17 December, 2007; Paul Krugman, "Played for a Sucker," New York Times, 16 November, 2007; Paul Krugman, "Mandates and Mudslinging," New York Times, 30 November 2007; Paul Krugman, "Health Care Horror Stories," New York Times, 11 April 2008, p. A23.; Paul Krugman, "Responding to Recession," New York Times, 14 January, 2008; Paul Krugman, "The Edwards Effect," New York Times, 1 February 2008; Ken Silverstein, "Barack Obama, Inc.: The Birth of a Washington Machine," Harper's (November 2006).

8. Kip Peterson 2007. "Democrats Debate Universal Coverage," Z Magazine (May 2007), available online at http://zmagsite.zmag.org/May2007/sullivan0507.html ;

; Matt Gonzales, "The Obama Craze: Count Me Out," BeyondChron: San Francisco's Online Daily (February 28 2008) read online at www.beyondchron.org/articles/index.php?itemid=5413#more ;

; Scot Helman, "PACs and Lobbyists Aided Obama's Rise: Data Contrast with His Theme," Boston Globe (August 9, 2007) read at http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/08/09/pacs_and_

lobbyists_aided_obamas_rise/

9. See data from the Campaign Finance Institute at www.cfinst.org/pr/prRelease.aspx?ReleaseID=191 and from the Center for Responsive Politics at www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cycle=2008&cid=N000096380 .

10. See Silvertstein, "Obama, Inc.," for an important account of the earlier and "quieter audition" that Obama passed with the nation's legal and financial authorities and power brokers before he became a national and global phenomenon with his Keynote Address to the Democratic Convention.

11. For an I hope usefulsummary of relevant data, see Paul Street, "Americans' Progressive Opinions versus 'The Shadow Cast on Society by Business,'" ZNet Sustainer Commentary (May 15, 2008), read at www.zcommunications.org/zspace/commentaries/3491 .

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