I don’t know, I think its backfiring on him. He ran in so quickly for his photo ops and took ownership of the cleanup and recovery, committing his time and efforts to make it all nice. Then flew off to campaign, leaving Staten Island without power, to recover the dead. People were kicked out of their hotels for marathon contestants, and by the time it was cancelled, the damage was done. Union thugs were chasing off the power crews. I predict that the chaos will rise, and discontent will be close to its pinnacle on election day, and Chauncey Gardner will refuse to leave the campaign trail in order to return to NY/NJ to keep his promises.
At least, that’s my opinion.
I wish you were right, but at this moment in time the polls just don't show that. Even Dick Morris says he is seeing movement back to Obama and that our failure in chief is getting a bump. And Morris was predicting a Romney landslide, so it is pretty clear BHO is getting a noticeable uptick - most likely from the storm.