In my opinion, Obama has governed as a moderate conservative—essentially as what used to be called a liberal Republican before all such people disappeared from the GOP. He has been conservative to exactly the same degree that Richard Nixon basically governed as a moderate liberal, something no conservative would deny today. (Ultra-leftist Noam Chomsky recently called Nixon “the last liberal president.”)

Saw this opinion a fair amount in '08-'09; it disappeared somewhat as the conservative attack machine revved up; interesting to see it back.

NB: this article is not as long as the scrollbar suggests; it only goes about half the page. Sometimes I see tiny scrollbars when I only have ten minutes to read and skip to the next piece.