I find this thread pretty funny, in an ironic way. When we finally begin to see the proof that Obama is no friend of liberals, much less progressives--and dare to say so--the knives come out!

Obama isn't moving right, he has always been on the right wing of the Democratic party. Anyone who thinks Obama is more "left" or "liberal" than say Tom Harkin, Ted Kennedy, or Russ Feingold needs to have their cable access pulled. This means you, DougR.

Only one thing truly changed with the election of Barack Obama: the race dynamic in the US. And since he ran away from the race issues as a candidate, not much is likely to change in that arena during his presidency. But that's OK, because politicians are the last to get it anyway.

As to "Change We Can Believe In"? Nice slogan. Shows the entire world that meaningless, vapid political sloganeering is alive and kicking in US of A, and works really well when everyone hates the current bastard.

As U2 put it "nothing changes on New Years Day".

Or if the Who are more to your liking, you could say "We Won't Get Fooled Again".

Except we will get fooled again, because most of us refuse to accept that there is no conventional political voices for authentic change in the US political system. When a Kucinich or an Edwards speaks out, they get censored, silenced, and kicked to the curb by the corporate owned and deregulated media conglomerates.

Obama's "Dream Team" is a nightmare for anyone who was looking forward to an end to the Bush Doctrine. An end to the deregulation madness and corporate/government political corruption. Obama isn't leading us into a promised land. He is certainly telling progressives to sit down, shut up, and take what he dishes out.

The progressives who dare to speak out against his choices?

Dead meat. Road kill on the imperial superhighway.

The change y'all believed in has quickly become the change you didn't get.

Welcome to American politics.