LOG, I think your assessment of progressives is spot on. But I think your conclusion is off base.
I had not been convinced that Obama was even a little liberal. In fact, he struck me as frequently spineless during the prez campaign. But I still knew that he'd be better than a mccain administration, so the choice was easy. And I tried very hard to give the man time to strut his stuff.
I think a year is plenty of time to start making judgments. And I think that the moment you stop critiquing politicians you have failed in your duty as a citizen. Maybe your definition is different than mine, but the right is vilifying, not critiquing. Many progressives are critiquing Obama.... analyzing his body of work - and that is healthy, if not necessary. The blindly loyal can't seem to tolerate any "disparaging word," but apologizing for someone isn't strength or commitment.
As far as "pushing" him goes, I'm not buying it. With all the DLC Clinton mafia firmly entrenched in the administration, diversion from their pro-corporation (how much for goldman? how much to help working families- even if just to stave foreclosure for a year?) positions is just not going to change by us "pushing." And I think that is where folks like me are frustrated. Just being better than dubya doesn't help me - nor does it motivate me to stop looking for someone who's MUCH better than dubya in 2012.
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