https://pjmedia.com/ronradosh/2010/01/22/how-the-left-opinion-makers-spin-the-brown-victory-bad-advice-for-obama/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 07:56:54 -0400<![CDATA[The special election in Massachusetts has highlighted the vast disconnect between commentators on the right and the left about what President Barack Obama stands for. To libertarians like Glenn Beck and conservatives like Sean Hannity, Obama is either a Marxist or confirmed radical, who has sought to put over an overt socialist or even communist agenda. But to proud leftists like the editors and writers for the Nation, he is, as Gary Younge puts it, a candidate “who never claimed he was a radical,” but who offered the left only “hope and inspiration.” He was a progressive candidate, which Younge argues “is not the same as his actually being progressive.” Take that, Glenn Beck!]]>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:09:37 -0500<![CDATA[Ron Radosh]]>https://pjmedia.com/ron-radosh/2010/01/22/how-the-left-opinion-makers-spin-the-brown-victory-bad-advice-for-obama-n183114