Re “Obama to Press Centrist Agenda in His Address” (front page, Jan. 23):

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/25/opinion/l25obama.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Where does Jim Kessler, the co-founder of the centrist organization Third Way, get the idea that President Obama is “moving from the left to the center”? The last time I remember President Obama supporting a leftist agenda was during the presidential campaign. The continuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the unkept promise to close Guantánamo speak for themselves.

Monique Frugier
Ardmore, Pa., Jan. 23, 2011