Reply #14: Back on March 17 I wrote this OP, suggesting that Obama was perhaps

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being as progressive as possible, considering the powerful (and dangerous) forces arrayed against him.

If he is too openly progresive, he won't be able to get anything at all done (because they will see what he is up to)--and they might Wellstone him. But he has accomplished quite a lot beneath the radar, and I think what he has accomplished would not have been possible if he were too open about being progressive.

I start the post with this comment: "I do wish Obama would lean harder and more obviously toward our side, but I actually suspect that he might be less effective if he did."

You might want to take a look at it:

"Is Obama a "stealth" progressive? (Could be.)"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x631285