Does Obama truly realize the power he has to make the US the best in the world again?

The president is like the figure on the bow of a ship: it has nothing to do with steering the ship, but it's always the first one at the scene of a wreck.

To answer your question, no president has the power to make a country best. The president represents the people. If he seems corrupt or ineffectual or something else, it is because he represents people who are corrupt or ineffectual or something else. If you think that's not so just ask on any forum. You'll get told! You wonder why we're making war in the middle east? Forumites will fill you with stories prominently featuring the concept of "a sheet of glass". You think TSA is a blatant violation of the constitution? Your friends and neighbors won't tolerate any change. You think IRS is a huge crime? Citizens love to hate the IRS. Just ask. They'll tell you!

There are some realities to working in DC that I'm sure were frustrating - a lot of things could have been improved over the last 4 years - but he took some shots at passing important legislation, whether Congress was willing to work with him or not. We can all hope both sides will be less petty and make some real change. Like simplifying the tax laws. Everyone is in favor of that.

He knows that the republican congress has made it all but impossible to get anything done for the American people. He knows that he was elected to help this nation through a tough crisis. He also knows that republicans enacted more filibusters in the 111th congress than ever before in our nation's history, preventing him from getting what he and the American people wanted. Democrats lost in 2010 because republicans blocked democrats from acting and the American people felt that democrats weren't doing anything. Now, republicans want our vote again, based on the fact that they blocked Obama from doing what we the people wanted him to do...so that they can go back to the same Bush policies that got us into this mess.

Do you realize that the decisions made by the President are not his decisions alone?...... The presidency is bigger than any one man, any idea he has must pass through congress... if they dont agree then to bad so sad, voting for the president starts with voting for congress members

The US is far from the best country in the world, and will never be the best country in the world.

Lol I see you think Obama loves America lol

No, he only knows what David Axelgrease tells him. hehehe

0bama is a Failure and only thinks about 0bama