Obama the Centrist?

It amuses me to see pundits pointing out that Obama, based on his appointments so far, seems to be a pragmatic Centrist. Is he a Centrist? Based on everything I've learned about him, I would say yes. The amusing thing is those righties during the election who called him a socialist and a radical. What rubbish! Compared to Bush, he might be called liberal. Compared to reality, he is probably a centrist. Compared to Bush, Genghis Khan was a liberal. We shall what happens when takes office, but so far, based on his appointments, Obama will be right in the center (as opposed to right of center), which is what we need after 8 years of right-wing ideology.