Q&A with Bart DePalma discussion

After two years of exploring the man and his policies, I am constantly amazed when liberals and progressives complain that Barack Obama is insufficiently left and is instead some sort of a moderate or even conservative.

My take is the Barack Obama is the most successful president of the left after FDR, with no close third place candidates. Indeed, my book argues and I hope demonstrates that Mr. Obama is our first socialist president.

Before I discuss the basis for my opinion, I wanted to open the floor to your views. What do you think of Barack Obama's political ideology and policies?

I always hesitate to get inside someone's head and say what they think or intend, but if Obama were a socialist, I don't see how he would do anything different than what he's doing now. As to the Progressives claiming he's a "moderate," in part they have accepted their own propaganda from the mainstream media, and in part they truly think he should be doing even more to advance their agenda.