> but [Obama] doesn't have a free hand. And yet Bush did.... > Now he himself is one of the powerful, but still risks a lot by going against the line, even as

> but [Obama] doesn't have a free hand. And yet Bush did.... > Now he himself is one of the powerful, but still risks a lot by going against the line, even as president. Oh really? What? Be very specific. You've "confused" Obama with your wishes and are now inventing excuses because the alternative is acknowledging that he isn't what you wanted him to be. Or, as Glenn Reynolds puts it "They told me if I voted for McCain {insert bad thing} would happen." when he points out what Obama has actually done.