Yes, but the moderates were right when they thought Obama was a moderate that swing voters could support even if they got there by chance. What I never understood was how the left came to support him. During the campaign there was a picture of some dread head white man working for Obama with a Che Guevara poster behind his desk. Of course the right played this up to paint Obama as a far left commie. But what I wondered is how this guy came to support him. Was it enough for some on the left to elect a black man? Or did they think a youngish black man had to be a far left liberal and his talk of bipartisanship was just a ruse? 

I have the exact opposite reaction when I talk to a black man. I expect him to be more moderate, even conservative than a white man. Because polling tells me they are more likely to be. Except for a couple of race related issues on virtually every other issue blacks democrats are more conservative the white democrats. If it weren't for the perceived racism of the republicans at least half the blacks are more aligned ideologically with that party.