Politicians never live up to all the hopes that we invest in them but I think he [Barack Obama] has made America a different country.

There may be a sense in the electorate, especially among independents that President Obama has overreached in some ways.

So to some extent he [Barack Obama] is a victim of the expectations and the high hopes that we experienced.

Politicians never live up to all the hopes that we invest in them but I think he [Barack Obama] has made America a different country.

But Obama is a cool cat. We've seen that before: when he suffered reverses he didn't react immediately. He took a couple of days to react.