...does anyone else notice that the only thing our President seems to focus on is campaigning? Granted, he is a great campaigner, but once elected most people tend to stop and, you know, govern. I've been noticing that his most recent foray to Japan and China, and points in between, seems to be more campaigning, more glad-handing or bowing, more wearing of some other country's ethnic garb, more speeches saying, "Really, we're just like you, except where we have acted like we might be better than you, and for that we are sorry..."
Ditto for domestic issues. When it is time to deal with the difficult decisions, the Campaigner-in-Chief goes out on the trail, whipping up sentiment and emotion, but deftly avoiding concrete answers to the questions. He spends alot of time promising change that will make us all feel better...and we're getting change, but people only seem to feel good it about when they are listening to him wax eloquent. The reality doesn't seem to support the rhetoric -- which, I contend, is par for most any campaign, and especially so for this extended version!
Unfortunately for Mr. Obama, most citizens expect the campaign to end, and the real work to begin. There are many, many of us out here who DO notice that what governing is happening is detrimental to our freedoms, and that this presidency seems to be a lot more about the man, than the country.
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