So, as not to make the same mistake again, your words were

someone who wants to preserve the fundamental status quo.

so far, i’m seeing status quo.

The ‘elite’ part was nowhere to be found until your reply @21, so all I had to work with was the above quotation.

On to ’status quo’; I found the following as a definition from Wiki:

To maintain the status quo is to keep the things the way they presently are.

To say Obama wants ‘to keep things the way they presently are’ I don’t believe is based in fact.

i did not say that obama was more the same wrt bush – what i did say is that i don’t see obama challenging the status quo and by that i mean the elite status quo.

then please educate me – where can i look to see obama challenging the status quo

Do us both a favor and read any (of several available) summary of Obama’s first month in office that details his accomplishments; from the Lilly Ledbetter act, to SCHIP, to the stimulus bill that Bush dragged his feet on, none of those accomplishments are ’status quo’.

I recognize you certainly have every right to remain cynical regarding Obama’s administration, but it seems unfair to gloss over major pieces of legislation that most liberal/progressives have wanted passed for years as ‘more of the same’.

Because clearly it’s not.

so far, i’m seeing status quo.

Then you are not looking very hard.

To say Obama represents the “status quo” is just not accurate, let alone fair.

so far, i’m seeing status quo.

• those who would most benefit from the change offer tepid support
• those who do not want change and wish to keep the status quo are loud and strong in their denunciations

But the fear response — in which Obama is villified for not having included every single progressive idea in a project or legislative proposal — seems too prominent to me.

I give Obama and staff great credit for reaching out, proposing realistic solutions, making changes.

As Machiavelli said: The person who makes changes is doing the most difficult thing: Those who would most benefit from the change offer tepid support; those who benefit from the status quo are loud and strong in their denunciations.