It has finally dawned on Barack Obama and his advisors that his cool, imperious, arrogant style, however effective it may have been when he was taking potshots at George W. Bush during the campaign, is a turn-off for the citizenry he is leading as president. It doesn't help that he and Michelle are so fond of living large while real unemployment is at 15 or 16 percent, and that his economic policies are making matters worse. But the fundamental problem is that his elitism, and the associated disdain for ordinary people, shows whenever he is off the carefully scripted teleprompter.Sam Youngman of The Hill has penned a dryly hilarious piece about Obama's quest to find his "inner Clinton" and connect to voters with some degree of empathy:President Obama told a small crowd in Fairfax, Va., on Monday that he would stand in the hot sun with them and "feel their pain." [snip]Unlike former President Clinton, who famously felt the pain of voters during a recession, Obama...(Read Full Post)