Can someone please tell me which of Obama’s policies are elite or elitist? From what I’ve read most of his history in public service and proposals going forward are for individual empowerment combined with help from the state. This is very different than the traditional liberal elite tag that people on this site seem to want to apply to him. On foreign policy he clearly is less ‘elitist’ than the neocons and their “spread democracy by force” on the Muslim world. On health care he intends to reduce overall costs of the system with no mandate, far less “elitist” than the other Democrats. On savings accounts his proposals are more “libertarian paternalism” than anything with a system of recommended savings that can be opted out at anytime. Am I missing something?