From this account it appears there’s a gap between President Obama’s commitment to his foreign policy campaigning and his domestic campaigning. He’s clearly reversed himself on his national security rhetoric by attempting to keep documents classified, continuing rendition (though not “extraordinary rendition”), delaying full withdrawal from Iraq, etc. So he’s abandoned his Progressive rhetoric and moved toward the middle.
On his domestic agenda, though, he’s abandoned his fiscally conservative campaign rhetoric and seems to be pursuing the most Progressive economic agenda, even though he knows, at least from his recent speech, that it will eventually undermine the economic conditions his policy desires depend upon.
So it’s clear where his ideological interest and commitment is, remaking America in a fashion that reflects his own moral and ethical beliefs, even if it requires the full power of the State and the relative degredation of personal circumstances for just about every other citizen of the country.
