Give me one good reason to vote for Obama this November

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

131. No! He told us that we were going to Afghanistan!

And was hawkish on Pakistan! Not a progressive policy position! During the campaign he made some harsh statements against teachers union. Not a progressive position! He told us that he would protect gun rights and in fact hasn't done anything about the assault weapons ban. Indeed he said that he's not anti-war but against "stupid wars." And his record as a state legislator demonstrated that he was more than willing to seek comprises with the other side. Not a progressive!

I think this president is center-left but more of a pragmatist than anything else. He's not a visionary in the traditional sense. Rather he looks at what is possible and goes from there. If he's looking at a Senate where there's no possibility of getting liberal policies passed he gets what he can passed, then works incrementally fr there. Therefore if he's confronted with a more progressive House and Senate and has the VOTES for more progressive policies then expect him to go that way. That's my take on things. And without the pressures of reelection he'll be freer to act more progressively. But I never thought that he was the liberal that everyone thought he was. (His books gave me a clue!) However I think he will be more progressive if given the right tool: a progressive House and Senate.