wretchard,

Good points made in answer to my question. I raised the question because in real life during the last few weeks several people have either mocked my claim or dismissed me out of hand. Won’t even give me a chance to defend my assertion with facts that, taken as a whole, create the gestalt of Obama’s intellectual formation and policy preferences. And I think I have some credibility because I used to be a Marxist, so I know ‘em when I see ‘em. Lots of people miss the clues.

“Hiding in plain sight.” It can be done in the kind of culture we now live in.