You could answer that in 2 parts......though with an obvious partisan prism, since its I that's opining.
As it relates to the "Philosophy of the Obama Administration"
1) Bt accurately referenced that for the "average American", Obama was a blank canvas, where he was to be everything they expected him to be. Many have been sorely disappointed, in what they got. Far more knew exactly what they were going to get, but gave him the benefit of the doubt and re-elected him. Severe buyer's remorse now, and the Democrat party is going to pay a huge price in a week. Which is also why Obama is planning on unleashing, what he himself made clear, as an unconstitutional order to grant millions more illegal immigrants, a status of amnesty.....thereby overwhelming our social & medical services, which in turn will "necessitate" still more Government intervention.
2) from the point of view of the "Obama administration", their philosophy & goal was to transform this country into something it wasn't.....to fundamentally change they way they do things in Washington". They had a vision, but there would be no way in hell they could have gotten elected, had they run on the policies of bigger and bigger government control....of everything. From light bulbs to control of one's very health. No, those policies had to be cloaked on poll driven rhetoric, that would placate the electorate, without showing their hand on true intentions. It's why we have arguably the least transparent administration, in modern day history.
And to top it off, this administration is shielded by a compliant media, that wouldn't dare risk the aura of being branded racist, for daring to scrutinize this country's 1st Black President. It's one of the only things that explains how so many scandals and gaffes by this administration are buried by the MSM, that would otherwise be 24/7 news, if it were a Republican president, and their administration
