Democrats Worry That Obama Is Shifting to Center

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Published July 9, 2008 at 8:03 AM PDT

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Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is fighting back accusations that he's moving towards the center to appeal to conservative voters. We'll talk with KPBS Political Correspond

Tom Fudge : When the Presidential election moves from primary season to the General Election, you see the main party candidates do an interesting policy dance. It's one that moves them toward the center. After George W. Bush became the GOP nominee in 2000, you heard him talking about compassionate conservatism.

Lately, liberal Democrats are hearing Democratic nominee Barack Obama say some things that are shocking...about gun rights, the death penalty and faith-based initiatives. The candidate claims this is nothing different from what he's said in the past. But some core Democrats don't like the sound of it.

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Gloria Penner , KPBS Political Correspondent and host of Editors Roundtable on KPBS.