[lbo-talk] Checklist of recent Obama right-wing policy announcements

[B.]

Is there anyone who's kept a checklist of the policy
revelations Obama has given in the past couple of
weeks that put him further to the right than he
initially *appeared* to be? [Krugman has always said
his domestic agenda was to the right of Hillary's.]

It seems like so far it's been:--

1. Keep and expand Bush's faith-based initiatives;
welfare for religious organizations, particularly
unsavory in light of...

2. ... announced support for "welfare reform," a la
Clinton's elimination of AFDC

3. Support for telco amnesty when it comes to
prosecution for wiretaps (FISA)

4. Disapproval of 60s anti-Vietnam War protesters who
expressed themselves "by burning flags, by blaming
America for all that was wrong with the world, and
perhaps most tragically, by failing to honor those
veterans coming home from Vietnam, something that
remains a national shame to this day."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/30/AR2008063002412_pf.html

Also, lest there come the usual "ARE YOU REALLY
SURPRISED!? GOOD GOD MAN JUST HOW NAIVE ARE
YOU!?"-type responses, which there are always on this
list whenever someone points out a Dem's rightward
shift and is pissed about it, please note this post is
not made because I am now tragically disillusioned
whereas before I was some believer in Obama, which I
wasn't and have never been. Anyone who sees my post
history on the guy should know that. So please hold
the "ARE YOU TELLING ME YOU ARE REALLY SURPRISED BY
THIS!? YOU ARE CERTAINLY A NAIVE ONE! GET AS SAVVY &
WORLDWEARY AS ME, MY FRIEND!" type crap.

Anyway, I know I missed a few above. Probably some
foreign policy stuff.

-B.