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In reply to the discussion: Seriously, did so many people truly believe that president Obama could change the course.... [View all]Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)more or or less in the same political league that Bill Clinton was and he is doing pretty much what - with some differences than what Hillary would have done. Thus I am really not "disappointed." Still many people really were caught up in all the talk of "the new FDR" and the slogan - "change we can believe in" and really imagined - contrary to the evidence I must say - that they were electing a slightly more pragmatic version of Michael Moore. Thus they are very disappointed. But as a progressive I believe we should always push the progressive principles at every opportunity. I do think that following the Wall Street meltdown and the sweeping mandate for change - he could have at least tried to push a considerably more progressive agenda. But he didn't want to. That is not where he is coming from. But, to be honest I knew that when I supported hiim. Still the role of the progressive is to push the progressive envelope at every opportunity as far as it can possibly go.