The USA is a capitalist country and as such "Corporate America"
for good or ill is a fact of our political life. Every national politician, including presidents, must deal with that reality. They must to a certain degree "play ball" with "business". That doesn't mean they have to give away the proverbial "Keys to the
Kingdom". FDR, in another time of economic crisis, had the ability to
get "Corporate America" to mostly step in line with his New Deal programs, while at the same time knowing just how progressive he could get away with being. His distant cousin Theodore was able to push through quite a bit of anti-trust legislation and put limitations on "Corporate America" that they chafed under, but in the end, tolerated.
   Some on the right say both men were Socialists while some on the left say they were exerting just enough control on business interests to keep the country from disintegrating into class warfare. That both men, scions of the elite themselves, were really working for the best interests of Corporate America even though many
business leaders couldn't see it at the time. That may be so but at the end of the day ALL Americans were better off in say, 1940 than in 1932.
   Now John McCain says Barack Obama is a Socialist and Akenaton says
he is right of center. I say, if we are better off in 2016 than we are in 2008 then who cares. I think that he is above all a
pragmatist of great intelligence who will surround himself with the best advisors and will think his way to the right solutions. Then with calm leadership he will bring us all, corporate CEO's to hourly workers, along with him to a better America and we won't care wether he's right, left or center.