The jury is always out on that for me. I vacillate back and forth between complete incompetent, idiot and pure ideologue on a mission.
He’s neither, his mission is himself and his own power. He’s already demonstrated that he’ll compromise on his views if it’s politically expedient. During the campaign he went from borderline-Leninist to post-94 Clinton moderate, depending on whether he was going for the nomination or the Presidency. Remember when he backtracked on domestic oil drilling and domestic eavesdropping, and all of his supporters very briefly turned on him? Remember in 2004 when he said “my position on Iraq is basically the same as George Bush’s?” Yeah, his preference is for socialism, but ahead of that preference is his own preference for power.
I will stick with “Barak Obama is a kamikaze President aimed at the heart of this Republic.”
Kamikaze’s don’t need to be particularly competent, just dedicated.