I'm not defending Obama. I'm not going to vote for him in November.

You can criticize the POTUS for being a lousy political leader, a poor communicator with the public so as to frame their understanding of the issues. That's fair and in my opinion accurate. But again I'll point out that the POTUS hasn't negotiated or compromised or passed one single bill that might affect your progeny. But Congress has. The same Congress that is so split ideologically that they can hardly agree on anything. A Congress who spends more time on trying to get re-elected or coming up with arcane rules and procedures to throw sand in the gears of anything their political opponents want than actually representing their constituents.

That always leaves me wondering why all the bitterness, vitriol and hatred directed against the POTUS, who has had little or no effect on the legislative process? (Other than not vetoing some bills that almost everyone knows are fatally defective.)