Many citizens see all the leadership of these large institutions together in a conspiracy against them rather than in any adversary relationship with each other.

This is easy to say with the benefit of hindsight, but I think it once again points out how very important style of leadership, that is the way he does what he does, is to his perception.

The President's political travel is going to get blamed (and probably rightly) for a share of this downturn.

People just automatically say 'If this guy is George and Barbara Bush's son, we don't have any question about those personal qualities that we were fooled on by Clinton.'

Research has shown that the perceived style of leadership is by far the most important thing to most voters in evaluating officeholders and candidates.

Many citizens see all the leadership of these large institutions together in a conspiracy against them rather than in any adversary relationship with each other.

Also the fact that anything he does is seen and heard by the entire country, not just his actual audience or those who live in the region he happens to be in.