&gt; if you view Obama as moderate republican<p>I&#x27;d go even farther.  Philosophically, his world views seems to be a variation of the neo-conservatism that people hated so much in Bush and Cheney.  Who would&#x27;ve guessed in 2008? (a few people did, but very few).  And that&#x27;s little consolation to us civil libertarians now.