David Brooks points out that conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats are "diametrically opposed" yet "entirely predictable" in their assessment of President Obama to date.
"Liberals are wrong to call him weak and indecisive. He's just not always pursuing their aims. Conservatives are wrong to call him a big-government liberal. That's just not a fair reading of his agenda."
"The fact is, Obama is as he always has been, a center-left pragmatic reformer."