The problem with the media is one media outlet follows the other like dominoes. Every single media outlet has claimed Obama moved to the center. The left media outlets are trying to make sure they keep Obama within their clutches and the right outlets are trying to make sure Obama doesn't get elected. There just isn't much room for independent thinking anymore. The truth isn't necessarily in the middle either.
NYT: “I believe in a whole lot of things that make me progressive and put me squarely in the Democratic camp,” he said. But, he noted, he does not believe that the active hand of government is a replacement, say, for parental responsibility in education.
“I believe in personal responsibility; I also believe in faith,” he said. “That’s not something new; I’ve been talking about that for years. So the notion that this is me trying to look” — he waved his hands around his head — “centrist is not true.”
Regarding his position on Iraq, he said, “Don’t be confused: I will bring the Iraq war to a close when I am president of the United States of America.”
