Is Obama too liberal?

Jonathan Chait, a New Republic writer, asks the question.........

Is Obama losing popularity because he's too liberal?

Let me offer this to all these "progressives" out there.

If Obama had campaigned on all these liberal policies, he would have been crushed. In fact, I would offer that if the media had vetted and reported his experience as a socialist, he would have been crushed.

Instead, what the public was sold was this cool, flexible, another way kind of guy; a guy you'd love to share some merlot and arugula with. He was sold as the total antithesis of George Bush. That was the man David Brooks fell in love with.

Liberal policies are a loser in this country. It's why liberals had to change their name to "progressives". You don't see true conservatives running way from their label, do you?

So why is Obama becoming unpopular? The same reason car salesman aren't popular; bait and switch.