Polls Indicate Not Much Hope Of Obama Becoming More Progressive In A Second Term

I ran a poll this week asking the question, Will Obama move to the left or the right if he's elected to a second term.   I also ran the poll on Dailykos, because it's usually more mainstream democrat and liberal, to the right of OEN, where we have more progressives and independents.

Here are the results from the OEN Poll :
Obama will stay the same       28% from 36 votes  
Obama will move to the right   49% from 63 votes  
Not sure                                  9% from 11 votes  
Obama will move to the left    15% from 19 votes 

And here are the results from the dailykos poll :
    he'll move left    33%    70 votes
he'll move right      33%    68 votes
he'll stay the same  31%    65 votes
not sure                   1%    3 votes

At OEN, 15% think he'll move to the left. At Dailykos, 33% think he'll move to the left. Either way, that leaves 64% at Dailykos and 77% at OEN thinking he'll stay the same or get worse. That's not very hopeful. I'm thinking that those who still think he'll move to the left are in denial.

I know. I was in denial when the election was held. I had hope he'd show a progressive side. We've had enough reality, enough DATA to make a realistic conclusion. Expecting Obama to move to the left if he wins a second term is just not realistic. 

If you're going to vote for him, expect him to stay like he is or move further to the right, as a plurality of OEN readers think.

Or... let's get that conversation about primarying Obama going. The Republicans don't have a candidate yet. A primary would be healthy and would probably force Obama further left, at least promise-wise.