It is clear to most Europeans that Obama is a man of intelligence who takes a considered approach in all that he does. He appeared to be in a completly different league to the Macain/Palin camp, and to Europeans at least, appeared to be the only sensible choice for Americans. From my perspective here in the UK the 'hype' surrounding Obama during his election had elevated the man to such a high pedestal that the only way left for him to go was down. However, regardless of whatever pedestal he was placed on, we must remember that Obama is just a man. I would assume that this simple fact is the reason he has fallen short of the overly high expectations that were placed on his shoulders. The burden of correcting 8 years of national and international damage done during the Bush years is a collosal task, but add to this his promises of real and substantial changes and improvements both domestically and abroad, and the task is almost too much. Factor into this equation the worst global financial meltdown in history, and also the realisation he has not even been in power for a year, and any reasonable person will give the man a bit longer before writing him off. From a global perspective too, Obama may not yet have ended any wars, but to the best of my knowledge he hasn't started any new ones, or thrown gasoline on the flames of existing ones.

I very much agree with you Jim. Obama write out is just an political game by the right wing. They have started all this idea about the President. They are working there way back to be in power the next election so they are doing all they know how to do to make it look like the President was handed a government that needed not much to and that he should be able by now to undo all the distrotion that President Bush did to the country. No one wants to hear about what Bush did any more or how deeper hole he put us in and that it will take some time to really fix things. I believe that Republicans have make it possible to make President Obama look like he is not doing any thing. As for me, I believe that the President have not broken any promise. I see him working very hard for us the people but there are people also who want to keep thing continue to be as usual. They can fool some of the people but not all of us. Obama problem I believe is that he care about the people and want to make things better but there are others who will not like that and diong all they can to stop it. For instant health care is very important to many americans but the insurance company do have better chance of keep things as usual because they have money and people who have more interest in the old system than making sure all american citizen getting what they need. God continue to bless the president.

Name me one thing President Obama has accomplished since he took office. Raised taxes? Increased government? Took over banks, AIG, GM, Chrysler? Increased the national debt? Added a muti-trillion dollars to our national deficit? He promised to create or save 3.3 million jobs. So how come since he's been in office, we lost 3 million jobs? He promised to keep unemployment from going over 8.5%. So how come unemployment rose to over 9.8%??? He promised change. What change has he made that helped our economy, our national security, our overall quality of life?