Reply #3: Obama is working hard to maintain the status quo.

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Maybe the chess player analogy is in play and his strategy is more subtle than I can see, but it seems that Obama is doing what he can to maintain the stranglehold that the banks, investment firms, insurance companies, and the military and prison industrial complexes have over us. Maybe that's beyond what he promised, but it's not why I voted (and worked) for him.

It's apparent that we won't get what we want until we get into the streets and demand it.

--imm