Pre Election many heard what they wanted to hear from Obama and he artfully crafted his words and his narative to facilitate that phenomenon. Now people are having a tough time reconciling what they thought they heard from Obama with the reality.
Your point is well taken, especially since Obamuhhhhh kept his words vague enough for people to interpret in the way that best suited their own thoughts and beliefs. Now that he’s been forced to lay out specifics in an (obviously lame) attempt to govern, he’s losing people. They’re saying to themselves “This isn’t the ‘hope & change’ I thought he was talking about.”
His approval numbers won’t rebound and he’ll be a one-termer after losing control of congress next year.