Is President Obama little more than a puppet for those powers that elected him?

[Philip H]

Absolutely Yes!
Any arguments to the contrary can only be backed by his rhetoric, not his actions.
All the PROOF you need is to observe the outcome of ever significant action he has taken since the elections in November 2008.
Shall I start the List?
Bail out the Big Banks and reward those who caused the problems.
Bail out the Big Corporations and reward those who caused the problems.
Support only Huge Corporations with Strong Marxist leaning Unions.
Create Bigger more Powerful Govenment that is being manipulated by those who were bailed out. They are the ones who send in all those lobbiests with pockets full of bribe money.
Create a new batch of incomprehensible 2700 page laws that set up bureaucracies and Powers we have yet to see come to any fruition.
Use such laws to empower the Drug Companies.
Use the new laws to manipulate Insurance Companies to become Tax Collectors and Wealth Redistributors.Thereby satisfying their investments through their lobbiests.
You get the idea. You can add dozens of examples and they All reduce Liberty, negate Constitutional Rights and principles, and Empower the Elitist Puppet-Masters.