What I was getting at (without adequately explaining) was Obama's economic program in the form of social promises he's made that I think we likely cannot afford.  In an ideal world, he'd be able to parse some of those and strike a middle ground.  But the rhetoric I'm hearing from his supporters is that they wouldn't accept that.  From him, I get the impression that he is intelligent enough (and politically intelligent) to guage what is possible at the time.  

If I still feel that way on election day, he'll probably get my vote.  But if I get the impression that he's going to turn the US into the world's newest nanny state (even more than it already is), then he won't.

What we need is a government that can work.  He's going to have to show that he can work with the opposition to do this.  By definition, I think this means no world-changing, 100 days type plan.  Remember how Bill Clinton's presidency was almost derailed by similar hubris?

I guess what I want to see and hear is Obama at least paying lip service to the concepts of government restraint and personal responsibility before I hear more about paying for everyone else's health care.  Does that make me a rotten person?