Obama is a liberal Democrat; that doesn' make him a Socialist. It makes many people call him a Socialist. I don't know if he is a Socialists or not. I have never heard him make such a claim, bit I hear that you have your mine made up so what we think doesn' make any real difference. The people are always more important than any one president-nothing to discuss sabout that. Obama has too many irons in the fire; he is tryng  to do too many things for everybody. The big businesss bail out was not for a certain race-more for the whites I think.  The clunker bail out was for all races with a gas-guzzler. The new applianaces program just i staarted is for all races who wash their clorhes in a washer etc.  The Insurance coverage  fr all Americans is for all  people but would help a lot of poor black and white and middle class and those who cannot buy insurance because they have preexisting illness. I have some in my family. Many of our conclusions end up where we  begin. If we start off from a position of being against a president we see what is wrong with him; if we like him, we see what is good about him. I think we should wait it  out and see where things come out and then we will know if he is a Socialist of a real reformer who really cares for the average American people. If we keep fighting and name calling little will be accomplished; then maybe some will be proud of winning their fight and that Obama failed. THE SADEST THING IS THAT AMERICA WILL HAVE FAILED WE WILL NOT BE BETTER OFF. THAT WILL MAKE ME SAD THAT WE DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, INDEPENDENTS, AND WHATNOTS failed to meet the needs of many needy American people. I  personally vote and think independentlyin case you are wondering.