He is a figure head, tucked under the bowsprit of the ship of state. He gets wet a lot, but George Soros, Tim Geithner, et al are running the ship, and have the course set. After every outing the MSM dries Obama off, and the course remains euro-socialism on the port tack.
He's leaving in 2012 and doing the TO to Hillary. Those are his orders. He has gone out and drawn fire and now Hillary will handle the consolidation phase. As the Depression inevitably deepens ... probably by Soros' design ... a contrary Congress is a godsend to the Democrats, who can blame their "Obstructionism" for the continuing meltdown.
Ah, Mr. Rogers, can you spell C-O-N-S-P-I-R-A-C-Y?