Reply #155: Here it is in a nutshell:

[gorfle]

"The second, pushed by progressive activists and bloggers, is that the administration hasn't been true enough to fundamental Democratic principles, has embraced some of Bush's worst excesses on civil liberties, and has ditched popular ideas (like the public option) in favor of watered down centrist policies, thus looking weak and ineffectual."

There you go.

The right is never going to love Obama. They are a lost cause. Trying to court them did not get you into the Oval Office, and it will not keep you in there.

What energized your electorate was the HOPE OF CHANGE. Change from the last 8 years of fuck-ups. Hope for health insurance that takes the profit motive out of paying for health care. Hoping for a turn-around in our economy.

As the article notes, we still have the worst excesses of Bush's erosion of civil liberties. The Public Option is dead in favor of catering to insurance companies. I am relatively pleased with his maneuvers on the economy but I am still annoyed that the bulk of the help has gone to big businesses and not to the average American in trouble. I personally would have rather seen the banks not get a penny and instead have that money spent to re-finance every mortgage in America, thus pushing Americans' cost of living lower and not only keeping us in our homes but helping make us more competitive on the global work market.