I wouldn't go so far as to call Obama a liar, but he HAS been a major disappointment. He's got one of the safest Senate seats around, having romped to a landslide victory in what was a dreadful year for Democrats nationwide, and he's done next to nothing to advance Democratic values, choosing instead to scold Democrats for, among other things, not being religious enough.

 Well, Barack, let's talk religion, since it's one of your favorite subjects. When the torture bill came out, where the hell were you? The practice of torture is strongly condemned by the immense majority of world religions, including most widely-practiced faiths in the United States. You could have very easily established a narrative against that egregious bill on YOUR religious terms, by defining it as an affront to morality (which it was). But you instead scurried under a rock, coming out with a tepid statement against the bill when it was too late to do anything about it. Mr. Obama, I still have some hope for you, but your silence on the torture bill means that you have abdicated any credibility in lecturing ANYBODY on "moral values". You're not a whole lot better than Republicans in that regard.