By the same token, Nicaraguan President, Daniel Ortega, who ran in the elections stating that he is "a changed man", was expected to follow a rather pragmatist foreign policy.
If when Obama came into office there was a question about whether he was a foreign policypragmatist or an ideologue, his behavior in his first six months in office has dispelled all doubt.
Hopefully the president is becoming more of a pragmatist about the need to craft a national energy policy that balances a desire for green energy with the need for more energy.