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Obama: Relax, I'm Not Running to the Center

Everyone's going to disagree with him sometimes, Dem says

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 8, 2008 4:15 PM CDT

(Newser) – Calling himself "no doubt progressive," Barack Obama today addressed accusations he has shifted to the center, the New York Times reports. “The people who say this apparently haven’t been listening to me,” he said, going on to cite his support for universal health care and federal economic controls. “I believe in personal responsibility," he added. "I also believe in faith.”

Singling out “my friends on the left” and the media for questioning him, Obama said, "One of the things you find as you go through this campaign, everyone becomes so cynical about politics." That leads to an "assumption that you must be doing everything for political reasons,” but sometimes dissatisfaction “just means we disagree,” he said.

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill, center, greets supporters after a town hall-style meeting.
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill, center, greets supporters after a town hall-style meeting.   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama greets supporters after speaking at an Independence Day  picnic in Butte, Mont., Friday, July 4, 2008.
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama greets supporters after speaking at an Independence Day picnic in Butte, Mont., Friday, July 4, 2008.   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill, center, arrives at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, Tuesday, July 8, 2008.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill, center, arrives at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, Tuesday, July 8, 2008.   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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