1. Tired of the ceaseless horse race narrative approach everybody applies. Obama has precisely been the type of president he promised he would be during the campaign. One of my friends calls him Spockish and I think the characterization is apt. It is way too early to speculate on anyone’s political fortune. Look at previous presidents and you’ll see just how quickly the CW is proven wrong. Reference Bush I after the 1991 Gulf War when his popularity was in the 80s or Reagan in 1982.

2. Sweeping generalizations are misrepresentative here. If I go back and read the State of the Union, Obama did a better job at articulating what were once classic GOP platform planks better than anyone else has. I’ve never have perceived Obama to be as left-leaning as liberals, media, GOP, conservatives, opinion hacks, etc. have tried to frame in to be. I was an Obama supporter long before the CW had him pegged as being a viable candidate to take down Hillary. Going back and reading much of what he said during the campaign and what has been slowly emerging in this Administration, I think the assessment would be quite different. The problem is in this age of cut-and-paste journalism and ridiculously terse soundbites where the context disappears completely for any meaningful analysis. I think Obama is leading by way of being a catalyst. The most recent example being the movement on DADT shows this quite well. Adm. Mullen and Sec’y Gates earlier this week showed just how the tipping point on policy occurs. And, even less prominent Republicans and moderate conservatives are willing to take up the tack of more responsible discussion for reform legislation.

3. Obama never promised himself to be a savior. Iconoclastic liberals pegged that label on him and they’ve been irresponsible in their public statements. Obama is boring to them. The New Yorker’s James Surowiecki nailed it right on the money. Obama’s inclinations are pragmatic. He’s a problem solver. Campaign rhetoric aside, Obama has managed his plate quite well. What magic did people realistically think was going to happen after the disaster that was Bush’s final year in office. Surowiecki said it well: “As has been pointed out numerous times, ‘Bad as things are, they would have been much worse without me,’ isn’t exactly inspiring. That doesn’t make it any less true.”

Truth is Obama will never be the media darling that some think he is or some would like him to be. In some respects, before McCain lost his bearings in 2008, he was the media favorite.

And, I think the polls are far more worrisome for Congress than for the President, who sometimes does seem to be the only adult in a roomful of annoying, self-absorbed, self-indulging kindergarten children (read the Dems and Reps in Congress).

Voters do surprise the CW. Scott Brown’s election proved that. However, Brown’s win was less a mandate against Obama than it was one against the starkly irresponsible campaign posturing of his opponent.

Finally, I would prefer to see side-by-side point-counterpoint here. Otherwise, the blog’s “voice” becomes too confusing.