Desperate desire for deliverance narrowed what progressives could imagine politically
Evidence
This is Obama, and he has been remarkably consistent over these eight years. Many progressives willfully ignored who he was, because we so desperately wanted someone to deliver us from the political sins of our times. That wish revealed how limited our political imaginations have become. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 404
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
- XREF: Speaks to the reader’s reading purpose: explains the trap of voter loyalty rooted in imagination failure, not just policy failure.