An interesting article on what may be ahead. I never saw Obama's election as a swing towards the far left. I did look around me and see that what we have now is not working, and I was very displeased with the way Bush ran the government. He saw himself as King George.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/09/barack-obama-change-liberal-radical#history-byline
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/09/barack-obama-change-liberal-radical#history-byline