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Well it maybe that but then again it may be something else. For one thing he really shouldn't need pressure from below and without in order that he does the right thing.
Problem is, Obama could be head and shoulders above Bush as a President, and that would get him just about to "okay". And Obama could be a magnificent President, and still not equal to solving certain problems we are talking about today.
Obama is not our progressive political shaman. He will not be, no matter how much we want him to be, the embodiment of all the moral and legal courage we've all lacked. Nor is it a role we should put on him. Usually, James Earl Jones gets that job.
Sure, compared to the Repubs on offer and Bush, the guy is a God, in terms of personal characteristics and accomplishment, but that's simply a sign of how impoverished our political ranks are, mensch-wise.
