I think the President, though he is a Democrat, is just barely to the left of previous Republican Presidents like Nixon or Ford. I think President Obama is at heart what used to be called a Rockefeller Republican.
That's interesting to hear. I thought he was considered to be a "socialist". If I remember correctly this was said by one of our reporters in the States. But maybe he heard it from angry republicans.
The Republican Party of today has undergone a red shift to the Right compared even to Reagan and definitely compared to the seventies. Most folks overlook that.
Maybe that explains the existence of the tea party.
It's interesting to hear the opinions of Americans from themselves, instead of hearing it from journalists and other third parties.
