Barack Obama is not a liberal. He never was. The only people who claim that he is are so far to the right that any moderate looks like a commy. The political pendulum doesn't swing from left to right in this country. There is a wall in the middle so it falls to the center and bounces to the right, falls to the center and bounces to the right. A true liberal would never get elected president, but if we're not careful an arch-conservative just might.