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I really have no idea what Obama's genuine inclinations are, Obama himself says he functions as a Rorschach test, people project what they want to see onto him.
Maybe thats why so many youngish libertarians think he's a closet market guy.
I think an interesting sub-text of the Democratic primary was how Obama was able to get away with openly associating with a center-right economic policy team without getting called out by more partisan liberals (ok, so he got no love from Krugman). He did almost get into trouble with Goolsbee and the whole Canada-NAFTA flap but they just hod from view until the primary was over and promptly trotted him out again...
Of course all this may be political "signalling"....
I'd think that Obama's overheard mumbling about poor, uneducated people disliking trade is another clue to his essentially upper class (relatively trade friendly) economic inclinations.