Hannity can moan all he wants about how Obama is a “radical leftist,” but he’s dead wrong.

For all that Obama has achieved for the left thus far, he refuses to go as far as Kucinich. Don’t get me wrong now, we have made 2 steps forwards in the past 8 months while Bush took us twenty steps back in the past 8 years.

Environmentally friendly laws have been signed, we are on our way out of Iraq and increasing our presence in Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay is on its death bed. But those of us farther to the left are feeling more and more frustrated as the Obama presidency continues. We have a lot more to do in changing this country for the better, but Obama is failing to deliver in key areas.

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Yesterday’s New York Times contained a piece on the fierce battle over California’s Proposition 8, a referendum that would ban same-sex marriages in the state–a process which began with a California Supreme Court decision in May. The conservative base is riled up, led by familiar evangelical stars such as Tony Perkins and ex-Watergate felons such as Charles Colson. And on the other side, gay-rights activists are hoping to keep the Proposition from passing and overriding the Court.

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