We’re not saying that Obama can’t recover from this decline — though its speed and consistency are very impressive — but at the moment, the rhetoric of early last year seems dated, as well as the disgusting worship of the man by the media:

in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above –- above the world, he’s sort of God…the President’s speech yesterday was the reason we Americans elected him. It was grand. It was positive. Hopeful…But what I liked about the President’s speech…was that it showed a complete humility…The question now is whether the President we elected and spoke for us so grandly yesterday can carry out the great vision he gave us and to the world…Reagan was all about America, and you talked about it. Obama is ‘we are above that now.’

We’re not just parochial, we’re not just chauvinistic, we’re not just provincial…He’s going to bring all different sides together…Obama is trying to sort of tamper everything down…He’s all about let us reason together…He’s the teacher. He is going to say, ‘now, children, stop fighting and quarreling with each other.’ And he has a kind of a moral authority that he…can do that.

A year and a half ago we compared the Obama craze to the hula-hoop fad of the late 1950′s and wondered how long the the nuttiness over a politician could last. We’re not saying that Obama can’t regain his popularity — though crazy talk, cuddling dictators, and dissing the police isn’t the right formula — but the bloom is off the rose. And that’s a good thing, no matter who the politician is.

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