Obama Supporters on the Left Cry Foul

Is there still hope for John McCain, the republicans, and common sense in this Fall’s election. According to the New York Times, there might still be a glimmer of hope.

PORTLAND, Ore. — In the breathless weeks before the Oregon presidential primary in May, Martha Shade did what thousands of other people here did: she registered as a Democrat so she could vote for Senator Barack Obama.

Now, however, after critics have accused Mr. Obama of shifting positions on issues like the war in Iraq, the Bush administration’s program of wiretapping without warrants, gun control and the death penalty — all in what some view as a shameless play to a general election audience — Ms. Shade said she planned to switch back to the Green Party.

“I’m disgusted with him,” said Ms. Shade, an artist. “I can’t even listen to him anymore. He had such an opportunity, but all this ‘audacity of hope’ stuff, it’s blah, blah, blah. For all the independents he’s going to gain, he’s going to lose a lot of progressives.”

Of course, that depends on how you define progressives.

As Ms. Shade herself noted, while alarm may be spreading among some Obama supporters, whether left-wing bloggers or purists holding Mr. Obama’s feet to the fire on one issue or another, the reaction among others has been less than outrage.

Tony Snow Dead at Age 53

Update: Rush Limabugh cited this appalling report from the AP in his appearance on Fox News today.

Update: LaShawn Barber has one of the kindest and most meaningful tributes to Mr. Snow.

Fromer White House Press Secretary and Host of Fox News Sunday, Tony Snow died this morning about 2am from complications related to his cancer. I first remember hearing Tony Snow as a substitute for Rush Limbaugh on Rush’s great daily radio broadcast. Tony was a first-class press secretary and had several well-known dust-ups with the press corps. While he was no liberal, Tony was well-respected among all sides in Washington. Brian Maloney has it all covered. Michelle Malkin has some important thoughts too.

From the time I heard Tony Snow substitute for Rush Limbaugh, I knew he was a remarkable journalist.