Critical Exuberance Defined Bethany Stotts, January 13, 2010 With a full year under his belt and approval ratings below 50%, many Americans seem disenchanted with President Obama’s leadership. Even former ivory tower advocates for the President, it seems, are criticizing hope and change in action. “I have to come out as a full participant in Obama mania leading up to the election and, in fact, my niece was employed by Obama and is now employed in his administration,” said Professor Janet R. Jakobsen, continuing, “so, my exuberance was perhaps uncritical at the time although now here at the end of...