Frank Rich (citizen of the reality based world) gets it when it comes to Barack Obama.
As most of us know by now, Obama is a pretty moderate leader. He's not the far left liberal we wish he was, but he's of course also not the tool of industry that many on the far left claim he is. He's of course not a socialist. I know what a Democratic Socialist is, and Barack Obama does not govern as one.
According to Frank Rich, Obama is a "rorschach test" for America, “He’s a Rorschach test,” ... “What you see is what you want to see.”. Liberals may have hoped for more because he's black, and conservatives of course fear and hate him because he's black. But one thing is for sure:
the Obama we see now is generally consistent with the one he presented in the 2008 campaign.