Yes. I’ve been coming to a similar conclusion. I think Obama is clearly a narcissist. When the polls turn against him and the adulation stops flowing, he will turn haughty and nasty (we’ve already seen traces of this) and go into some kind of bunker mode.

He may suffer a public emotional meltdown, after which he will step down or some committee of wise men manage the rest of his presidency from behind the scenes.

For Barack Obama, the adulation must flow.

I tend to agree with David on this one. Barack is a salesman. (when few are buying) He will tire of the details of being President, and I won’t be surprised at all if that manifests itself as an illness. He strikes me as a family man, and this job will lose its luster soon. I could be wrong.

For he is the Kwisatz Haderach!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4M9Tp6c0bs

Obama’s genius is an actor’s ability to create such illusions, not to accomplish things.

His only executive experience before being President was heading the Annenberg Challenge. What did he do then? He gave away millions of dollars and accomplished nothing. What does he do now? He gives away billions of dollars with probably the same result, aside from putting next generations of Americans deeply into debt.

When it all falls apart, remember that the media betrayed their trust.

I strongly believe that Hillary’s campaign was doomed once she had to go head to head against a black man. After all, she is merely a white woman—and that rates second place in the cultural milieu of the politically correct. Hillary would have been a shoo-in if she were a black woman.

“…if I’d agree that Obama has no interest in running the country.”

Oh no, Obama definitely wants to run the country. But he doesn’t want to do any of the necessary hard work. Much of the day of any president is boring as hell! It is pure drudgery. I don’t think Obama has any interest in performing the banal everyday duties associated with the office. More importantly, he lacks the ability to find good people to carry a lot of the burden. Obama keeps selecting incompetent and second-rate individuals. The only thing many of these folks have going for themselves is that they graduated from Harvard or another vastly overrated elite university.

I’m not sure, though, if I’d agree that Obama has no interest in running the country. I suspect that he was surprised how hard it is for any president to do that. And thus, struggling to act. He is constantly being pulled in many different directions.

What worried me most, were the screw-ups regarding the cabinet appointments. Particularly the under-covered Zinni affair. Add to that the almost total absence of second tier appointments. It made me fear that Obama does not know how to use power. As I write that, I wonder if perhaps we’re not saying the same thing.

Every president ages significantly during their time in office. It’s a rough job. Barack Obama has little interest in actually running the country. And I definitely sense that he feels overwhelmed. And it logical for Obama to feel that way! Once again, he is not close to being ready to handle these mind-boggling responsibilities. Thus, I suspect that he will become ill. His instincts for self-preservation will kick in—and Obama will resign.

We should never forget that the last election was very unusual. Two U.S. senators were competing against each other. What were the American people thinking? Normally, we prefer governors. And that’s because the top elected individual of any state government actually has to do something. U.S. senators mostly shoot their mouths off. They don’t essentially run anything but their office staff. Barack Obama has virtually no executive experience! How in hell did he become president of the United States? If you think it’s not due to race guilt, then please feel free to offer an alternative theory.

Am I harsh? Oh well, I never graduated from either Harvard or Yale. I don’t favor mealy-mouth “nuanced” rhetoric. It’s not my style.