Do you sense a shift in Obama's philosophy since the election?

[Truth Teller]

Poll question: Do you sense a shift in Obama's philosophy since the election?

[HowHasItComeToThis]

1. DON'T REALY KNOW, AND I TRUST HIM

[sandnsea]

2. No Change. He Is A Pragmatist.

When did liberal thinking come to mean either/or, black/white; no nuance, no gray.

[pacalo]

3. Ask me again in a few months.

[TahitiNut]

4. The Political Compass (imho) is quite accurate.

Notice Sarah Palin cozied up there next to Alan Keyes? Ubetcha.

[hendo]

6. The Political Compas often is

NT

[Truth Teller]

7. Interesting

I think I'd be cozied near Cynthia McKinney! :)

[GarbagemanLB]

8. save for the fact that she is legally insane.

[Mind_your_head]

17. "outsider's" often demonize their opponents with such talk.

"Just 'sayin;".....

What good/decent things can you "take away" from her? And don't DARE to tell me that there was 'nothing'.

[TahitiNut]

10. Most of DU is in the lower left corner of the lower left quadrant.

Like all good Americans, we seem to elect politicians far more autocratic and neo-liberal than ourselves. It seems to be tied up in our stereotyped regard for politicians. It's like the woman that thinks "all men are brutes" and then regards the men that aren't "brutes" as "unmanly." Likewise, it's like the man that thinks "all women are sluts" and then regards the women that aren't "sluts" as "unwomanly." We get trapped in our stereotypes.

[Truth Teller]

12. You know, I'm not so sure

There's a pretty strong centrist sentiment here, too.

[TahitiNut]

15. Vocal ... but the numbers aren't there.

:shrug:

[riqster]

5. I'd say Center-Left nt

[Deja Q]

9. Well, going out to help hand out dishes in Chigaco during Thanksgiving...

One hell of an electioneering gimmick, what having already won the election at all...

:eyes:

[H2O Man]

11. No change.

I think that he is more progressive than many people here think.

[Truth Teller]

13. Could be, but he seems to be sending

signals that are the opposite. Intentionally or not, I'm not sure.

[Marr]

14. I always found him right of center.

When the entire media started cooing about how great he was at the Democratic Convention a few years back, I assumed he was somewhere to the right of center-- or they never would've acknowledged him, let alone praised him. I thought he proved it repeatedly over the campaign season, particularly with his FISA vote. So no, I don't think he's changed.

I'm talking about the real center here, not the center as defined by the corporate media and the beltway. Their entire spectrum is contained in the area to the right of center. Anyone to the left of Jimmy Carter doesn't even exist as far as they're concerned.

[Mind_your_head]

16. I voted in this poll.....

but at this point I "trust" him.

Recognizing that genuine change doesn't 'come fast or easy'.

We are "well on the road", though, imHo...