I think he is doing two things. One, he is rallying people to back this package, possibly by putting pressure on the incumbents in their states. And two, he is actually showing people in these troubled areas that he cares, he's there for them, he hears their voices. He's accessible. Something we haven't seen in many years. i.e. Katrina.

"Never take a person's hope away ... It might be all they have."

Give this man a break! Three weeks and he hasn't solved the world's woes yet! Shocking!