The author doesn't advocate voting against Obama in anyway. She merely pionts out that this failed Democratic strategy of appealing to the "center" has only succeeded in shifting our nation to the right, and she presents the imporant question: "What will Obama do after he wins? Why should we believe he will suddenly tack back to being a defender of civil liberites?" This article complements the July 10 Christian Science Monitor article "Why 'base' and 'independent' campaign strategies converge". Both present sound reasoning as to how Obama is deflaiting enthusiasm from his base (especially from the new young voters he attracted during the primaries) and is endangering his campaign by shifting right and appealing to the "center". This strategy is why the Democrats lost the 2000 and 2004 campaigns.