"The president's announcement of a troop surge in Afghanistan this week prompted protests in over 80 communities across the country." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

Liberal Dems have been in serious denial about Obama from the beginning. Obama is at best centrist an establishment Blue Dog surrounded by Blue Dog advisors. To expect anything but a safe centrist surge to 'kick the can' down the road is stil more denial. Obama took the safe middle road and perhaps next time the liberal blog-o-sphere will look more carefully and be seduced less quickly and maybe they wil get a leader who takes the progressive road less traveled - WarLord