Why the disconnect? (Am I repeating m'self? Fear of being labeled "RACIST", the Kumbaya scare issue of the Left and Right in the crazy country.
Obama is an average intellect, average speaker, with below-average experience and knowledge. He has the additional burden and blindness of carrying leftist cliches and fantasies around with him, regardless of how reality proves him wrong again and again.
It creates a lot of cognitive dissonance and confusion for Obama in his own mind.
America was duped into thinking otherwise in 2008, but the truth is coming out.