Former Critics Fall in Line, Begin Accepting Obama
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
Well, it's been a few weeks now since Barack Obama was elected, and preliminary indications do not point to a massive restructuring of the fundamental American traditions (besides the ones that said only white people should be president). No, Obama has not nominated Leon Trotsky or Eugene Debs as honorary economic advisers, and former critics are starting to fall in line behind the president-elect.
The Orthodox Union's Institute of Public Affairs is one such example. Known for their conservative view on things, the IPA gracefully embraced Obama post-election, and, in a recent post entitled "It Was Only A Matter of Time; We All Love Obama (for) Now", say that other former critics in the Jewish community have too.
Specifically, they link to an editorial written recently by the editors of The Jewish Press that acknowledges...