The main problem here is that the article takes Obama to task not so much for what he actually claimed during the campaign; but the strawman ultra-lefty that the right wing tried to portray him as.
Bill Mahr had it right - we have the conservative party (the Democrats) and the way out there wacko party (the Republicans). Liberals may not be happy with this state of affairs, but that is the way things are right now.
Having the bankers who caused the financial crisis running your Treasury and supposedly looking for solutions that involve tough regulations of their own business, isn't really a matter of ideology.
Just of plain logic and ethics.
