The president, in my view, continues to govern in a way that suggests he is chronically detached from the central and immediate concerns of his countrymen. (snip) He has not, almost from the day he was inaugurated, been in sync with the center. The heart of the country is thinking each day about A, B and C, and he is thinking about X, Y and Z. They're in one reality, he's in another.
Do you suppose it is because the cultures and people which shaped Obama as he grew up share little with mainstream U.S. values?
