I figure Soros for two reasons: First, early on he switched his support from Hillary to Obama event was clearly a turning point in the Obama campaign. Second, by virtue of his control of the finances of the Democrat party together with his control over much of what the Democrats do on the Internet, I conclude that Soros is perhaps the most important person in the party, Obama himself excepted.
Finally, while I agree with you that Soros necessarily lacks the pedestrian touch he is a committed leftist right out of the Frankfurt school/Alinsky school of modern Marxism. Obama is a perfect fit for him. I think Soros wants the radicalization of America just as much as Obama does. Either one of them have an ounce of patriotic feelings for the country. Both have huge egos.
I think when historians write the book (that is if we have honest historians at that time) on the Obama administration we will find that there are many Democrats who are running scared right now and who are falling in line on a healthcare reform that they do not believe it out of fear of an organization created and controlled by George Soros.
Goodnight it's 4:30 AM here in Germany
Goodnight it's 4:30 AM here in GermanyDifferent Germany
The lights are down in Germany
and Germany is closed to me
different somehow this time.
The airport's still, cold corridors
ring empty beats through hollow feet
that I find to be mine.
Different Germany.
History repeats somehow.
Different Germany.
Afraid to know you now.
And past my eyes with leathered gaze
stare clean-cut boys all dressed as men
in sharpened uniform.
Who turned the clock? (Moved on or back)
and what dark chill is gathering still
before the storm.
Out in the street a tableau double-glazed
with laughing girls whose fastened smiles
are clearly not meant for me.