To call Obama a Marxist is arrant nonsense..
Herein lies the problem.
There is sufficient documentation that proves you are wrong.:
On the matter of his relationship with Ayers, take the trouble to read this duly documented article:
Obama and Ayers Pushed Radicalism On Schools For more enlightenment:
Saul Alinsky Something that really shows his ideology is BO's close ties with ACORN. Here is just a sample of what they do:
ACORN's Nutty Regime for Cities Pay attention to the NY Schools episode.
Unfortunately the gun issues are just the tip of the iceberg.
He will surely go at it slowly and cautiously and use the very accurate "lobster in the pot of cold water syndrome" mentioned by Brian in another post. But the socialist/marxist agenda is there. They now go about it with stealth as very well put here:
Political Correctness - The Revenge of Marxism God Bless America.
JC