I will admit to having uttered statements #4 and #5 on Troubletown cartoonist Lloyd Dangle’s list of “Blind and Unquestioning Ways to Love Obama.” Only I don’t think they’re so blind or unquestioning:

#4: “In case you weren’t paying attention—Obama ran as a centrist—which is exactly what he’s being.”

He certainly was never as far to the left as I am, which is still not as far to the left as many people I know are. And he’s filled his administration with Carter/Clinton vets, Beltway insiders, and lite-right “new Democrats.” I knew he’d do this and still supported him.

#5: “He’s so smart he’s using a secret fake-out strategy. We can’t see it yet.”

Well, I can see what I think his strategy is. It’s to render the Republicans utterly irrelevant, leaving centrist Dems such as himself as the natural “party of business.” This would leave the “conservadems” as America’s conservative party, and allow room for a real liberal party or parties, at least in non-Presidential races.