This is a young, inexperienced community organizer who cut his chops on the south side of Chicago. I am sure the crowds there really got riled up when 0bama would furrow his brow, tilt his chin up, and let the rhetoric fly. You tell it Brother!
Unfortunately for 0bama, the south side of Chicago is not representative of the USA.
Words matter. When POTUS gets in front of the entire nation and says we will have a “catastrophe” if we don't spend $1,000,000,000,000.00 of money we don't have, the public says no, that is not true. And he is panicking, because his entire life he has never had to face public critism. It seems the main credential he keeps falling back on is his campaign. A successful campaign does not a successful presidency make. I am less worried now about him now, as I think he is simply inept, rather than a sophisticated Machiavellian.
I'm worried that he has four years to learn how to be "a sophisticated Machiavellian." And what damage will his ineptitude do while he is learning how to inflict real damage?