Liberal activists: Obama as Bush Lite? 'No way in hell'

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55. You Mean REAL Activists Who Actually DO REAL Things in the REAL WORLD Don't Think He's Horrible?

Howard Dean – the former Vermont governor popular with the Netroots crowd, who 10 years ago lit a fire under liberal activists when he announced his run for president – also struck a pragmatic tone.
"Is the president perfect? No,” he said in a speech here Thursday night. “But it is sure a whole lot better than having Bain Capital, I mean, Mitt Romney in there. Progress has been made."
Jim Dean, the Vermont governor’s brother, who chairs the advocacy group Democracy For America, said his group will push Obama when necessary, such as on surveillance and Social Security, but will advocate for him on issues they agree on, which are the majority.
“There’s a little frustration going on,” Dean said, “but it’s not about Obama.”
Instead, he said, it’s about changing the Patriot Act, and the crop of post-9/11 laws that curtail some privacy rights. “It’s about a bunch of stuff cobbled together,” Dean said, “a thing that’s a mess.”