Why do conservatives hate The Obama, my view:
90% because they are racists (they hate brown and red people too)
90% because he is a democrat
60% because of a specific issue (abortion, gays, etc)
I put myself in category three although I don't hate him. I think many people, regardless of affiliation knew that Washington had to change and, at least, during the campaign many thought he could bring that change and be a consensus builder.
It is obvious he is in over his head because he (as all politicians) is more worried about re-election than anything else...very disappointing.
I think most people in the US are liberal (or let's call it libertarian) on social issues but, conservative on financial issues. Unfortunately conservatives are being defined more and more by single social issue fanatics (some of the republican candidates are embarrassing). With that, conservatives come off as not caring about people, and pretty much against everything...sobeit. Ron Paul seems the only viable option to me.
Just as Clinton, The Obama moved to the middle in spite of his convictions. If not for the impeachment, Clinton probably would have returned to his roots in his second term. Hopefully The Obama gets a better team around him for the second term and perhaps he can make some positive change but, that is very unlikely.
