That's all that matters to some.

On another note, there's always the “replicating home” theme to consider. Bill Clinton ran his administration like Arkansas (corruption, cronyism, sleaze). Bush ran it like Texas (a “Good Time Charliie” governor, at least until September 2001). Obama may be running some of it like the city of Chicago (corruption, obsolescent model, a lot of Sixties-relic-radical-oriented play-pen elitist liberals trying to run things like a giant old Blue Nation dead central city City Hall, with ineptitude coming with the naive idealism underlying so much “progressive activist” politics).

We're all still waiting.

However, note: to the extent that Obama has done (and even said) more lately, it's not been good. He has joined the lib Dems in Congress in insisting (facts and thought be damned — adhering to his party and ideology) in the insistence on rushing to approve all kinds of bad legislation seeking bad and wrong things — or else, we face disaster. (We can't wait; we can't afford to wait, or not to do something, aieee!).

He notably disturbed people by allying himself with loonier House lib Dems with “climate” legislation in particular, as well as joining them in overreach and fumbling on health care “reform” [sic; federal takeover]. He has descended low lately, attacking all kinds of opposition in dishonest, scummy ways (rather than try to actually achieve something and say something positive and truly progressive, in the correct sense of these words) and threatens more wrongful interventionism and destruction of the private sector.

But to the superficial, low-IQ, and faithful adorers, more public image and personality-cult manipulation is okay.

Conservatives are such liars it's unbelievable. Layer over layer of lies and subterfuge. People just don’t want to believe that those that wave the flag up people’s butt would be anything other than tried and true patriots. Fact is they are just full of crap.

Martha Mahar on Lou Dobbs was EXCELLENT yesterday because she actually read and comprehended the evolving healthcare bill. She shut down her opponent and Lou Dobbs both and was a wealth of information! For one, the tax on the wealthy will be on only the top 1.5% income earners. She has written a book but heck I want her on ALL the political talk shows as soon as possible.

I suppose if we had decent Congressional leadership then Obama's hands off style might be effective, but in the hands of partisans who are beholden to special interests and their political base, the results are abysmal IMO.

I commented a few months ago Obama seemed like a presidency by committee, and that still seems accurate. He has rubber stamped everything that Reid and Pelosi have given him, and Geithner and Summers seem to be the driving forces behind the bailouts and other financial items. When faced with a major decision in Afghanistan, he continues to waffle while our troops die.

Obama was a minimally experienced junior senator who spoke well and looked good in front of the camera, and that's still what he is.

Obama will shut up when conservatives stop tell fibs about him and his policies.

I agree that stuff needs to get done, but how? We have this problem with unrepentant conservatives called “blue dogs” wrecking our super majority. If the President does anything at all he must get the message out because there is a massive amount of disinformation flying around. At least I hope it is disinformation because to tell you the truth I just don’t know what the truth is anymore. I just keep sticking with the President….I keep clinging to Hope.