I don't know. You might be right. He didn't look "progressive" to me. But he did change his mind on same-sex marriage. Maybe he figured that was enough radical "progressivism" for one president.

  But I do know once in power Obama could never have been mistaken for the successor to MLK. During Obama's 2008 campaign, his speeches made liberals weep with hope. When he won the presidency they wept for joy. And during his eight years they wept in sorrow and rage as police gunned down black men in the streets.
  
Speaking of "anti-poverty supplements", I heard at the end of Obama's presidency some 90 million folks had dropped out of the work force.