Obama's pre-inauguration moves appear to be wrankling some liberals

[0:02] ..." guard at the White House and as each new detail emerges about Barack Obama's incoming administration and his agenda. The more it seems that conservatives are relaxing and self described liberals are getting upset. WBZ's Kendall"...

[0:19] ..." Conservatives seem pretty happy almost relieved. With -- appointments like Robert Gates staying at defense general marine general James Jones -- National Security Adviser. I think Obama is doing this for a couple of reasons I do think he genuinely. Has an"...

[1:54] ..." for the presidency. But I think it's going to be steeper for Barack Obama that's one of the reasons why he surrounding themselves. With so many experienced hands."...

[2:02] ..." as his economic agenda he's already said. That instead of repealing the bush tax cuts is going to new let them expired 2002 and he has backed off the promises he made or could be -- campaign"...

[3:19] ..." is an increase of exactly 1%. Over four years ago when senator Cary Grant so the electorate has not lurch to the laughed. He won the election because he got a much bigger percentage of the"...

[0:00]" A month and a half to go before the changing of the guard at the White House and as each new detail emerges about Barack Obama's incoming administration and his agenda. The more it seems that conservatives are relaxing and self described liberals are getting upset. WBZ's Kendall buhl past ABC political analyst Steve Roberts about that."

[0:19]" Conservatives seem pretty happy almost relieved. With -- appointments like Robert Gates staying at defense general marine general James Jones -- National Security Adviser. I think Obama is doing this for a couple of reasons I do think he genuinely. Has an instinct to govern much more from the center -- And I think a lot of liberals mr. read Obama they focused. Early on on his early and strong denunciation of the war. In Iraq but they didn't follow what he said after that day he said repeatedly I'm going to be as careful. In getting out as we were careless in getting in he said repeatedly repeated again last week I'm going to listen to the commanders on the ground. But I think allow liberals did not focus on his qualifications. And his in his. More compromising attitude. Also I think that. There's another for actors not just liberal versus conservative. When you think about it in the new Obama -- Obama administration the single least experienced person. In the whole administration is going to be the president himself. And he knows that he knows what he doesn't now and 21 of the reasons why he's bringing in so many Clinton people. Is because there -- the experienced hands the ones who can start from day one and understanding the federal government pitino's that he himself. We'll have to go through a very tough and steep. Period of on the job training now every president every new president goes through that because it's impossible to train for the presidency. But I think it's going to be steeper for Barack Obama that's one of the reasons why he surrounding themselves. With so many experienced hands."

[2:02]" No as far as his economic agenda he's already said. That instead of repealing the bush tax cuts is going to new let them expired 2002 and he has backed off the promises he made or could be -- campaign pledges he made a bounce the -- windfall profits tax what do you think his thought process behind these decisions for us."

[2:24]" Well I think that he. Understand that the country is facing such enormous problems particularly economics but also foreign. Issues. He saw that he had devastating attacks in Mumbai just reminded everybody. How dangerous the world really is and how many enemies the country really has. And I think he his feeling is that you cannot. Deal with any of these problems either domestic or the foreign problems. Just by a a liberal base just by a democratic base you have to have to a significant extent of the national consensus and you don't do that. By lurching to the laughed I think he also understands numbers you know if you look at the electorate and the voting on. In November. The percentage of the country that describe themselves and exit polls as liberal. With only 22%. And that is an increase of exactly 1%. Over four years ago when senator Cary Grant so the electorate has not lurch to the laughed. He won the election because he got a much bigger percentage of the moderate vote not because. The country is headed to the left and I think Obama's a smart enough politician to understand. That it might the country might be more centrist than -- spin it might be less conservative. But it certainly is not a liberal country and you cannot govern this country from laughed."