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Douglas Carpenter

(20,226 posts) Sat Mar 29, 2014, 12:37 PM Mar 2014

Where do you think President Obama stands in terms of being progressive vs. centrist/conservative? [View all]

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	I think the President is really a progressive who tries to advance a progressive agenda as much as is politically possible
	3 (14%)
	I think the President serves only the interest of Wall Street and corporate power and has no real political philosophy
	1 (5%)
	I think the President is moderately center-left like many post-New Deal Democrats and attempts as much as is politically viable to advance that point of view
	5 (23%)
	I think the President is moderately center-right like what would have once been a moderate Republican and attempts to advance that agenda as much as is politically feasible.
	11 (50%)
	I think the President is more of a technocratic professional administrator who is really not ideological and who is guided more by viability than philosophic considerations
	2 (9%)
	Pasta al dente or slightly undercooked pasta is certainly preferable to overcooked pasta.
	0 (0%)
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Where do you think President Obama stands in terms of being progressive vs. centrist/conservative? [View all] Douglas Carpenter Mar 2014 OP

I picked - quinnox Mar 2014 #1

Im sorry LostOne4Ever Mar 2014 #2

I'm pretty sure posting that is a TOS violation Douglas Carpenter Mar 2014 #14

Why do you hate al dente? cui bono Mar 2014 #27

Hes too stiff for my tastes LostOne4Ever Mar 2014 #36

Yeah, that's why Marinara had to dump him. cui bono Mar 2014 #49

I chose this nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #3

The President says he's choice #4. MannyGoldstein Mar 2014 #4

If only he had been that honest in 2008. kenny blankenship Mar 2014 #6

I was never confused about this. Warren Stupidity Mar 2014 #8

Ok fine. If only he had chosen to be honest about himself in 2007. kenny blankenship Mar 2014 #10

I personally interpreted his 2004 national debut speech at The Democratic National Convention Douglas Carpenter Mar 2014 #37

He was running against a doofus and a lunatic DJ13 Mar 2014 #30

! Warren Stupidity Mar 2014 #31

Thars why I said they werent that bad DJ13 Mar 2014 #32

Clinton ran politically left of Obama. joshcryer Mar 2014 #44

While this is correct, I think he personally is center-left. joshcryer Mar 2014 #43

That is such a relief to know. Warren Stupidity Mar 2014 #47

I know Obama is intellectually center-left. joshcryer Mar 2014 #48

+1 deutsey Mar 2014 #16

I honestly don't know. cali Mar 2014 #5

Other: I think he is a technocratic administrator type who is moderately conservative TheKentuckian Mar 2014 #7

He's a "pragmatic", "savvy", centrist politican who is willing to be Not as Bad to be president. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2014 #9

Pushed Lily Ledbetter Act, CARD Act, the ACA, etc jazzimov Mar 2014 #11

Not when you add appointed Wall Street execs into the WH, Monsanto execs to the EPA, cui bono Mar 2014 #29

I think anyone who thinks the President is center-RIGHT under the modern definitions... Shandris Mar 2014 #12

I know what you mean - a few minutes in a local bar where I live would certainly expose anyone to Douglas Carpenter Mar 2014 #41

Anyone who views Ronald Reagan in positive political terms is conservative. mmonk Mar 2014 #13

Big Business, Moderate Republican by nature-- but he's a professional, Third Way-type politician. Marr Mar 2014 #15

The right has been so effective in negating the left deutsey Mar 2014 #17

Other: Post-Sixties Liberal. OilemFirchen Mar 2014 #18

Obama has reduced the deficit flamingdem Mar 2014 #19

He has, indeed. OilemFirchen Mar 2014 #23

Agree, but not very optimistic about a huge stimulus flamingdem Mar 2014 #24

It's doubtful, given the odds for this year's election... OilemFirchen Mar 2014 #26

I believe this quote sums up the President's ideology pretty accurately Zorra Mar 2014 #20

variant shades of gray between Center Right and Serving Wall Street 2banon Mar 2014 #21

He is carrying water for very dangerous corporatists. woo me with science Mar 2014 #22

Majority voting think a man like Obama, with his background flamingdem Mar 2014 #25

so Obama failed at describing himself? justabob Mar 2014 #33

Yeah, I frankly don't think President Obama was lying at all when he described himself politically Douglas Carpenter Mar 2014 #35

right justabob Mar 2014 #40

Well, you either don't know what majority means or don't know who Reagan was cthulu2016 Mar 2014 #39

I picked '3' because it was closest to my subjective interpretation of him. GiveMeMorePIE Mar 2014 #28

Ouch. Rex Mar 2014 #34

Well, for that, I look at where the evidence point. AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #38

knr Douglas Carpenter Mar 2014 #42

To the right of Richard Nixon. Spider Jerusalem Mar 2014 #45

Center-right or center-left, depending on the issue. So basically about as middle of the road nomorenomore08 Mar 2014 #46