Not What We Were Told to Expect

America's new president is beginning to lose his lustre. A consummate campaigner on the stump, Obama is beginning to stumble when it comes to performing in his first real job. We were told that Mr. Obama was the most intelligent president ever, so articulate and bright. But how much of that brilliance was Obama, and how much was his speechwriters -- combined with a canny sense of rehearsed delivery?

Re-evaluating Barack Obama's IQ is an interesting second look at the man that presidential historians assured us was the most intelligent president of all.

While Obama may not be stupid, he does appear to be lazy. And he very much wants to be the "big man." One must wonder how kindly he will take to being ushered off the stage when his time comes. Will he be as gracious as Bill Clinton, or more like Robert Mugabe?

And honestly, if Obama is that great, where are all of his old girlfriends? Speaking honestly, Michelle is just not that great a catch. She is neither attractive nor intelligent, and appears to be a hell of a beech as well.

Bad domestic policy decisions tend to become institutionalised into huge bureaucracies that simply never go away. The Obama additions to the US debt between now and the mid 2010s will hobble the country's productive classes for decades following.

Certainly the US middle class is already reeling, and the entrepreneurial class is stunned with uncertainty by Obama's abrupt attempts to overhaul so many large parts of the US economy at such an abysmally poor choice of times.

While Obama's domestic policy has driven the US economy into its deepest hole since the 1930s, his foreign policy is absolutely insane.