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ALIGNMENT OR FOLLOW THE LEADER?

I was a member of MoveOn.Org until they seemed redundant to the Obama campaign and that has not changed.

They recently took an issue poll of members and look what they found.

What they chose: universal health care; economic recovery and job creation; building a green economy/stopping climate change; and end the war in Iraq.

What they didn't: holding the Bush administration accountable; fighting for gay rights and LGBT equality; and reforming campaigns and elections.

MoveOn Executive Director Eli Pariser says that this happy alignment with Barack Obama's agenda -- and fortuitous absence of conflict with same -- comes in part because "the people he's listening to and the people we're listening to are the same people."

But it also may be a sign that MoveOn's members want to move ahead -- and that they're willing to make some ideological sacrifices in exchange for real progress.

They are still redundant. Iw won't renew.

Incidentally, the results echo here that gay rights will take its place in line behind other issues.

That is OK with me but I have the long perspective. I have seen it so bad that down looks up to me.

I am not sure of my sisters and brothers though.

I, for one, and I assume they, for more, have higher priorities for themselves. Health care, the economy, greening and the end of the war are pretty important.

Some will still holler and cry out. That is good. That is their job. We don't want it off the menu.

But single issue politics are not for me. I want it all but I know we have to do first things first.

Labels: Administration Obama, gay rights, politics