Reply #25: Yes and somewhat.

[ElboRuum]

Somewhat insofar as that I knew he was not going to champion liberal ideals. I did however believe that if pressured by the left that he would pay some attention to it and act accordingly, even if the political realities of the office at this time precluded delivering on some of those things the left really wants. However, with that in mind, he has not responded in a way that would indicate to me that he sees liberals any less an inconvenience to governance than any of his Democratic predecessors or those Dems in Congress.