1.0link149089<![CDATA[A Message to Obama's Progressive Critics]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-hildebrand/a-message-to-obamas-progr_b_149089.htmlFive short weeks ago, Barack Obama won a decisive victory against John McCain - winning 365 electoral votes to McCain's 173 and winning the popular vote by 9 million - the largest popular vote margin ever for a non-incumbent.
After a strategy of expanding the electoral map, nine states that George Bush won in 2004, went to Obama - some by significant margins. The Obama victory changed the course of politics - from a candidate who bucked the system saying no...