What do you Americans think of this?

Just back from two weeks visiting my daughter in laws family in Cimaja, West Java, Indonesia.
What I thought was a promising start for the Obama adminitration was the hope and feeling the local village people had towards Obama becoming president.
They think the Iraq shoe throwing against George was the funniest thing… apologies to any Bush supporters out there.
I wonder what ordinary every day folks in the US feel how he’s going? It all seems positive here in Australia.