I feel sorry for Obama,

He is not a dominant president ... previously he was good at getting people to work together and bringing out their talents - for some jobs this makes a good manager ... he gave republicans positions in his admin ...

but the whole world saw it ... even his own democratic party could not pull together ... the first year, his own party destroyed his own health reform

HE (and the world) would do best in 2012, TO STAND DOWN TO HILLARY CLINTON, and then he could start working in INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.

International affairs would be far better for Obama, far better for people who can listen and make compromises.

It seems the USA needs a strong decision making leader - maybe because in that sort of democracy (as also in France) the senat has the regulating role (to protect against dictator like dominating presidents) .... whereas a modern representative democracy achieves workable ideas at the compromising stage.