and if Obama claims to be looking out for the poor and middle class,,then why didnt he just send them all a check for 20,000 in that stimulus bill instead of giving it to financial institutions and unions?
On that point I fully agree. While I believe Obama is a dramatic improvement over Bush and a far better alternative to any Republican in the current lineup, he has disappointed me in a number of very important ways.
I can't say I regret voting for Obama because the alternative was McCain. But he was not my first choice. Kucinich was. And since he's been President it seems to me that he is in the pocket of Wall Street and Banking industry interests. Also, he is a young man with a young family and a long future ahead of him, so he carefully avoids stepping on the toes of anyone who could seriously compromise him after he leaves Office.
I probably will vote for him in November but I've been toying with the idea of writing in Eliot Spitzer, Bernie Sanders, Dennis Kucinich or Ralph Nader. But the bottom line is the thought of any Republican winning the Office is scary. Because the Nation desperately needs to break away from the corporate influence and put an end to the emerging wealth aristocracy before we end up like Chile under Pinochet.