Reply #45: No, it is a political reality

[nadinbrzezinski]

It is called POLI SCI 101

he is not a liberal

Neither was FDR

And it is this little factoid that ALLOWED FDR to act the way he did between 32 and 39... and exactly the same freedom that Obama will have

This is not cynicism... just HISTORY

Come on, open a book, read it, and find out why things are the way they are. The parallels to the 1930s are just astounding... even to the type of personnel appointed to the US Economic team... or are you telling me that Paul Volker is a Liberal? What about Geitner? Summers?

Neither of them is a liberal, they are all third way, though little known and truly inside baseball, Volker was a Keunseina BEFORE he became President of the World Bank in the 1980s...

So if you WANT to believe that Obama is a liberal (as it stands right now) go for it. I choose to take in the panorama provided by history, and the political history of this country.

This means I expect change, and I expect Liberal, even Keynseian policies, and they will be easier to implement PRECISELY because these guys are centrists.

They have the street cred to do this

And if this is being cynical to you... there is plenty of history to back this.

But make no mistake, he is just as much a centrist as FDR was the day he was elected.