It is possible to be an incompetent ideologue, they are not incompatible after all, but I believe that Obama is highly intelligent, although he is no doubt possessed of many other character flaws.
I recall years ago conservatives used to say that he could not speak without a Teleprompter, that was to misapprehend a very facile politician who has demonstrated on many occasions that he is nimble when he wants to be. Lately, he is shown that he wants to be very nimble indeed when it comes to dismantling our constitutional republic and imperiling our national security. He has succeeded in shredding the Constitution, vesting power in himself as executive, skirting the Constitution with executive orders and bureaucratic regulations, eviscerating the military, running up the debt, weakening us abroad and turning one against another at home.
Saul ALinsky could not be more proud of his acolyte. His is A remarkable record of achievement for an ideologue and an almost inconceivable trail of wreckage to have occurred by accident through incompetence.
He has succeeded in shredding the Constitution, vesting power in himself as executive, skirting the Constitution with executive orders and bureaucratic regulations, eviscerating the military, running up the debt, weakening us abroad and turning one against another at home. He accomplishes this for the same reason he accomplished his own election. But wait! He didn't accomplish his own election. The media did that for him. That same media would be "RED ALERT" and screaming from the rooftop if a Republican President attempted to do any of the things that Obama has done.
Again, his success at doing these corrupt and stupid things are not his. They are the consequence of that power block known as the Media, allowing it.
On this topic, I have recently had an epiphany. I used to believe the media was liberal because of demographic factors relating to it's location and the mindset of heavily urban people, but it recently occurred to me that perhaps the media is liberal specifically because the beneficiaries of Government spending constitute a wealthy and influential power block that runs the media and insures that "the media" will promote ideas that support the best interests of these power blocks.
I recall the budget battles of the mid 1990s and I remember thinking at the time, "Why would anyone be against a balanced budget?" Well the media was definitely against it at the time, and they raised holy hell about shutting down the government because of the budget impasse between the Republicans controlling congress and Clinton.
In retrospect, there *are* people who want spending to remain as high as possible; The beneficiaries of that spending. The administrators of those programs, the suppliers of FedGov contract work, and so forth.
Getting back to your point, Yes Obama is an ideologue, and I believe an incompetent one who does not actually possess an intellect capable of understanding the philosophical foundations of the positions he advocates, but the fact that he has gotten away with a lot does not constitute proof that he is intelligent or capable.
It just demonstrates that the nation has a serious problem with one party control of broadcast media.