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

As the society has gotten larger and more complex, individuals have lost their ability to influence any of the institutions that affect their lives.

Most of the things that need to be said about the President are things he can't say himself.

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

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.

This has resulted in more and more people becoming inner-directed and having as their only goal, getting as much as they can get out of the system and putting as little into it as possible

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.