Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama. July 8, 2008. (AP)
By host Tom Ashbrook
Since his first primary victory in the snows of Iowa, Barack Obama has shown how to fill a stadium and fire up supporters with a promise of change.
In the last month -- as his campaign turns to the general election -- Obama has provoked his progressive political base with what many perceive as a shift to the center. On handguns, the death penalty, faith-based initiatives, and more, Obama sounds centrist.
He promised not to vote for a FISA wiretapping bill that shielded phone companies. Yesterday he did.
Jesse Jackson is up in arms. Others, too.
This hour, On Point: Obama takes heat from the left.
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Richard Wolffe, senior White House correspondent for Newsweek magazine.
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Glenn Greenwald, contributing writer for Salon.com. His most recent book is "Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics."
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Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation magazine and co-editor of "Taking Back America -- And Taking Down The Radical Right."
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Fred Chamberlain, financial secretary of the Boilermakers Union in Croydon, Pennsylvania, and a supporter of Barack Obama.
