Obama is a typical, run-off-the-mill politician

On many occassions in the last few weeks, Obama simply proved what I have stated before, that he is nothing more than the typical politician and not a departure from the norm: On many important subjects, his position is no more than an elaboration of the pre-existing centrist positions. He even supported the FISA compromise that gave immunity to the telecom industry and the massive supplemental spending on Iraq. In addition, I have not heard from him any realistic proposals on the energy front that I can compare by the proposals by McCain (accelerated building of 40 additional nuclear plants and accelerated development of new battery technologies for electric or hybrid cars; energy independence in 2025). As yet, nothing concrete by Obama. Also, nothing concrete on the housing crisis and the substantial increase in inflation which would affect mainly low income families. And, whatever I have heard so far is nothing too earth-shaking, mostly re-worked centrist positions that are definitely not "a change we can believe in". What this all portrays is this Britney Spears of the American political life understands marketing very well but has no passion for real change. Not really...