Is Barack Obama a moderate? It seems like he is neither liberal nor conservative.
2007-01-22 07:52:19 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
He's a liberal.
He voted straight party lines.
He even voted against confirming John Roberts... a nomination widely hailed as a great, well-qualified choice.
2007-01-22 07:58:53 · answer #1 · answered by theearlybirdy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I'd say more of a moderate liberal. Take a good look, he leans more to the liberal side. Also, look at more than his stance on just the war in Iraq, for one thing hes pro-amnesty.
2007-01-22 16:12:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He has a liberal voting record in the Senate. When speaking, he's careful to be wishy washy. Therefore, he seems neither liberal nor conservative.
2007-01-22 16:24:40 · answer #3 · answered by Cracker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All I know people like him and so do other countries and it will be the first time in a long time we will have a president that can inter act with foreign heads of state and we might have some friends and counter part in the world,
2007-01-22 16:26:24 · answer #4 · answered by Gypsy Gal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He leans to the left. He isn't moderate, he and Hillary are pretty much the same in idealogy. Obama supporters tried to paint him as a moderate but he isn't. He isn't Pelosi but he isn't a moderate,either.
2007-01-22 20:39:50 · answer #5 · answered by cynical 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all these terms are very subjective and don't really mean anything
but yes, in the overall scheme of things, he is moderate.
and by that, i simply mean that he isn't some ultra-leftist, socialist, radical anarchist. nor is he some ultra-conservative. he's pretty much in the middle, in the mainstream, leaning more towards the left, but not that far.
2007-01-24 23:34:31 · answer #6 · answered by worldpeace 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obama is definitely a liberal, where do you get he's moderate?
2007-01-22 16:27:44 · answer #7 · answered by Sgt 524 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hes fairly moderate, he is an upstanding democrat though. I think he is exactly the kind of new blood we need in politics in this country.
2007-01-22 16:10:29 · answer #8 · answered by Fire_God_69 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say he's just a tad left of center. But i'm sick of people making Liberal a bad word. And to be fair, i'm tired of people making conservative a bad word. Why can't we just respect each other's opinions?
2007-01-22 15:58:57 · answer #9 · answered by kberto 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you want to answer your own question without listening to other peoples' opinions, go check out his voting record....not Y! Answers.
(http://govtrack.us)
2007-01-22 16:11:29 · answer #10 · answered by coburn4prez 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋