Has President Obama "really made a difference" or is he stuck in neutral?

I’ll take neutral over going backwards.

Presidents are just puppets. You can’t blame much on them. The system is flawed.

This site is useful for his daily popularity. www.rasmussenreports.com

I don’t consider anything he has done thus far to be a success.

It is not him that is the problem really, but us the people who keep electing people like him that don’t represent or fight for our best interests.

@silverfly Excellent.

I always laugh when I read or hear how all these people really think/thought Obama was some sort of hero come to save us.
He is no more than a politician…and one mired in Chicago politics. He sold out years ago to get where he is.

For some reason 60% became the new majority. I think he is tired of dealing with the opposition party. And they will start pushing through things with Reconciliation. It is what Bush used to pass his crazy shit.

http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/filibusters-1101.gif

Non-functioning senate = no working government.

He’s only been in office for a little over a year and he inherited a number of major problems. It may really be too soon to tell whether he is succeeding or failing. He’s neither an autocrat nor a magician. He can’t take office and simply make things happen by fiat.

He’s been trying to shift into D, but the guys that live here keep screwing with the gear change.