https://pjmedia.com/ronradosh/2011/10/04/the-foolish-fantasies-of-the-left-and-why-the-w-virginia-results-should-worry-barack-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 09:37:45 -0400<![CDATA[The left in America continues to argue that Obama is too far to the right. They believe they need a strong left-wing people’s movement that will organize and force Obama to the real left, just as the CIO forced FDR to initiate the so-called Second New Deal and pass scores of new  laws including Social Security and the Wagner Labor Relations Act. Big Labor also persuaded Roosevelt to undertake the beginning of a shift to something approximating an American social-democracy.]]>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:21:54 -0400<![CDATA[Ron Radosh]]>https://pjmedia.com/ron-radosh/2011/10/04/the-foolish-fantasies-of-the-left-and-why-the-w-virginia-results-should-worry-barack-obama-n183931