President Obama was called upon to lead, and has utterly failed.

The stimulus package certainly stimulated the big end of town, but not the “little people”. No matter. The “little people” are mugs, and will still vote for him come hell or high water.

BHO’s mythological calm, cool, and collected manner was viewed as best to deal with a crisis, and hence he won the election.

We know now that this persona is a media-hyped marketing fiction devised by his campaign and buttressed by his pals in big business, especially the General Electric Company, through its subsidiary the NBC broadcasting network, actively promoting BHO and neutralising any criticism of him whatsoever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz-bw7ZLGhQ

Obamania was the belief that good politicians are indeed leaders. But they rarely are.

Competence on the other hand is what makes executives flourish.

All across the United States: local community boards, mayors, township road commissioners, and tax assessors are venerated for their competence rather than leadership. How else to explain Republican mayors elected in places like the leftist nest of New York City, despite an overwhelmingly Democrat electorate? Local politicians (predominately but not exclusively, Democrats) elevate social services above basic services to get elected and then find they can't pay for both. And when basic services suffer, voters lose patience quickly.

Leaders are difficult to find in the U.S.. It's damn hard to name a Senator or Member of the House who's a true leader. Maybe a few. Most are elected because they reflect the views of their constituents, not because they've taken bold positions on controversial issues.

Their own views of power and leadership can be sharply at odds with voters. And when their views and behaviour deviates from what is acceptable conduct, they suffer the consequences.

Given how BHO's far left agenda, from economics to the War on Terror - heck, he doesn't even call it that
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Terrorism

- is drifting further and further away from the expectations of wholesome Americans, a well deserve defeat awaits the former community organiser.

Whilst I can understand where this article is coming from to simply suggest that Barack is a Black President for Black America, which is kind of what this article does, is too simplistic.

The vast majority of people, black, white etc know for a fact that Barack Obama is governing in a time of massive upheaval. That the Republicans ad their excerable Tea Party resort to low brow tactics simply demonstrates their unfitness to govern. The decision to invade Iraq was a failure to observe moral leadership. It has cost, the US and its allies, and the Iraqis, quite severely. What the Republicans, and their supporters are showing us is that they have not remedied their moral failures.

Dr Ariel ? BHO's far left agenda ?!? Perhaps you're right: he does not seem so willing to kiss Israel's backside as his 'all hat and no cattle' predecessor.

Joe

Loudmouth: thank you for assuming I am a Dr. I regret to inform you that sadly I am not. Perhaps one day...........

I'm sorry, I must be living in a parallel universe.

Hasn't he just demonstrated that he can get change through with health reform? This is something that has been attempted several times and stumped many presidents going back to the 1930s, while Obama, courtesy of his "mythological calm, cool, and collected manner" has finally succeeded.

How exactly does this constitute failure?

Ariel, it seems that your view of the U.S. when Obama became President has been clouded by your limited exposure to our problems. You seem to expect that in one year, Obama should have cleaned up all of the mess that Bush had created over 8 years. On the other hand, Jennings and Cazza seem to understand the nature of our problems.

Mr. Ariel, you cited the poorest references possible to support your point of view: A video of Glen Beck with the "Factor"(O'Riley) and a note from Wikipedia. Beck and O'Riley are both Fox News standouts! Fox is an arm of the Republican far right and can hardly claim to be a news channel. Glen Beck is a dangerous person and is among those inciting vicious responses by some right wing extremists. No less than 15 of our Congressmen have been threatened and are requiring special protection as a safeguard for themselves and their families following voting for the medical care bill that has just passed the House. Ariel, you (like Glen Beck) call President Obama a leftist. Among the reasons he's called a leftist in this country is that he feels that the 40 million people without any health coverage, should have healthcare. He feels that babies who are born with some medical defects should be insurable. Up to now, they were not permitted to get insurance. Among developed nations,our country alone have left millions without medical care. Republicans feel that wealthy Americans should not have to share their tax money with providing heathcare for those who can not afford it. Any actions to help the poor, the old, or mentaly impaired is regarded as being "liberal". The Republicans in the Senate currently are trying everything to obstruct passage of healthcare bill that has just been passed by the House and now must be passed in the Senate. Also, using taxpayers' dollars, attorney generals of many of our States are preparing to challenge this healthcare bill in the courts of our various States.