Originally Posted by The_Heretic

This leads me to believe that Johann Jari is either, a right winger looking to trash Obama, a Hilarycrat Dead Ender or simply some pundit who's too lazy to read or listen to Obama describe how his presidency will run.


Hari describes himself as a "European social democrat", who believes that markets are "an essential tool to generate wealth" but must be matched by strong democratic governments and strong trade unions.


Obama many times has said that he's not going to be the great leader who does all the heavy lifting, rather- and this important, that we, the voters contribute each according to our abilities. He also says that if the voters feel Obama's wrong on a given issue they should find it their obligation to tell him [an offer I personally took him up on].