I don’t think that was as huge a factor as some. The latest number is over 1,030 lost seats from state legislatures up to the Presidency for the Democrats—all on Obama’s watch. His policies are deeply unpopular, and no amount of media fluff could undo that. For some reason, the man himself was basically immune to it all. Thankfully, he’s an impatient, impertinent twerp who used his pen and phone too much and now faces 70% of his “accomplishments” being wiped out in the first few days of the Trump Administration.
Agreed. My observation of Obama is that, aside from self promotion, he is not either detail oriented or a hard worker. A few liberals I know refer to him as “Spock-like”, and while it was meant as a complement, it also points out that he is aloof and does not build the relationships necessary to get things done.
Each of these weak area’s are probably areas where I think Trump probably excels. The only attribute of Obama’s I wish Trump had is his ability to be articulate. We’ll see.