A mildly depressing observation.

Make a list... no, better yet, make two lists: one of "the policies I think it is most urgent for Obama to pursue" and another of "the policies I think Obama will pursue most urgently". Those lists may be identical, or they may differ wildly, but that's not the point of the exercise.
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Done that?

Now, how many of the items on each of your lists are "reverse $bad thing$ that George W. Bush did or allowed to happen", and how many are things that are actually moving America ahead of where it was eight years ago?

I suspect that for most people both lists will be heavily biased towards the former (except possibly on gay marriage).

Sometimes you have to run fast just to stand still.

I agree it is depressing, but at least we have mostly stopped digging.