This kind of ties back to a discussion we had here about whether President Obama is the great rhetorician he has been built up by his proponents to be.

I think the bar was set unrealistically high for President Obama by his admirers and this is why he appears to be failing now.

On the other hand, the bar was set very low for Governor Romney.

"Higher taxes never reduce the deficit. Governments spend whatever they take in and then whatever they can get away with." -- Milton Friedman