I see the exact opposite.
Actually, I think he has been doing BETTER than Barack Obama - especially on zinging Obama. If you all remember, we went through this during the last two elections, with people moaning that Bush was going to lose, that he deserved to lose, that everything was horrible...
We do have some genuinely unhappy Freepers here, but I do believe that there are a GREAT number of trolls here during the elections whose only purpose is to demoralize the base. This year, it is more important than ever to try and see them for what they are...