Losing faith in Obama

LOSING FAITH IN OBAMA: And those who've already lost it. Matt Taibbi writes:

It's not just that he hasn't done those things. The more important thing is that the people he's surrounded himself with are not labor people, but stooges from Wall Street. Barack Obama has as his chief of staff a former top-ranking executive from one of the most grossly corrupt mega-companies on earth, JP Morgan Chase. He sees Bill Daley in his own office every day, yet when it comes time to talk abut labor issues, he has to go out and make selected visits twice a year or whatever to the Richard Trumkas of the world.

Listening to Obama talk about jobs and shared prosperity yesterday reminded me that we are back in campaign mode and Barack Obama has started doing again what he does best – play the part of a progressive. He's good at it. It sounds like he has a natural affinity for union workers and ordinary people when he makes these speeches. But his policies are crafted by representatives of corporate/financial America, who happen to entirely make up his inner circle.

Although it has been said before, I'll reiterate for emphasis: I still support Obama. Despite unfulfilled promises and the Barack Obama of 'campaign mode', he still outshines all the possible alternatives. A voice of reason, at times his inauguration still seems like the day the sane people took over the asylum. If Ron Paul were to somehow take out the GOP nomination, I'd be tempted to switch camps, but in a Bachmann/Perry/Romney vs. Obama race? Thanks, I'll stick with the current guy.