Reply #22: "presenting himself as ..... not threatening to the oligarchs" ?

[Duende azul]

And you honestly believe the oligarchs would be deceived that way?

They are agenda driven, they don´t care if Obama maybe holds a secret grudge against them.
As long as he delivers.

He fight`s their wars... no, he let´s the sons and daughters of the poor fight the oligarch's wars.
He gives them new business models (profits from mandatory private health insurance)
He doesn't confront them when they seriously fuck up, e.g. Deepwater Horizon
He let his criminal predecessor of the hook
He publicly gives credibility to Americas leading Crime syndicate - the Bush family
He keeps hanging around with the wrong people abroad, backs coups in Latin America
...

The oligarchs want results, Obama and Congress deliver.

Things could have been different had he used the initial enthusiasm to side with the people and confront the oligarchs openly.
I don't know why he didn't, and I don't care anymore. That opportunity was wasted.

You can only hope he won`t stand in the way, when people start taking things in there own hands (aka Wisconsin).