Last month, D.I. posted an op/ed item recommending that progressives who are unhappy w/ President Obama and his failure to include a public option for health care reform, plus adding another overseas war to the two inherited from Cheney/Bush Jr., can express their dissatisfaction by not voting for BHO in the primaries or caucuses, on the basis that he is going to be renominated anyways, and that would be a way to send a message.
Since our op/ed item posted, we have had feedback from many various pundits, fellow progressives, and Democrats who have now convinced us that sitting out the primaries and/or caucuses would not be in fact helpful to our progressive cause in the big picture ahead.
D.I. decided then to retract that editorial, for the first time in the four-year history of this site, and instead at this time, June 1, 2011, officially endorse President Obama for re-election.
While we still are unhappy w/ no public option and three overseas wars, we have been convinced that our progressive goals can best be achieved by getting on board now, over a year away from our CA primary, and uniting behind our prospective Obama/Biden ticket.
Better late than never, D.I. is now "in."
