"Obama has governed as a conservative. So, the question for progressives is, “What do we do now?”

[ProSense]

9. This is

It is correct, now is the time for progressives and liberal Democrats to tell Obama what we want and would like from a second term, and put pressure on him to turn left. Perhaps he will learn that this is the proper course of action, and actually follow through if he gets re-elected with progressive policies. Well, perhaps too much to hope for, but trying never hurt anyone.

...rationalization of nonsense. I mean, the article portrays Obama as a failure and argues that in his next term, he'll be a failure unless "progressives" recognize that the best time to criticize the President is during a GE against a Republican. It pushes a number of despiriting and false claims, like this one.

The 2012 presidential election is going to be one of the most dismal and depressing presidential elections in American history. Morale among Democrats is low because Obama has not been the savior many people expected and because the 2008 Democratic mandate was squandered so quickly and for so little. Republicans, on the other hand, likely will be led by Mitt Romney, a guy who has been pulling an aggregate of 39 percent of votes in the Republican primaries and who has been strongly opposed by the Tea Party and conservative wings of the party; indeed, if the conservative Republican votes had not been split among conservative candidates, Romney would not be the nominee.