It's safe to say that there has rarely, if ever, been a president more absolutely sure of the utter and total correctness of his positions than Barack Obama.  While outward humility and the intentional display of human hesitation have long been staple behavioral facets of virtually every first-rate high-level communicator as he tries to connect with (and win the support of) his constituency when making difficult decisions, words such as "I've really struggled with this" or "I've thought long and hard about this one" seldom seem to emanate from President Obama's lips.  Instead, complete self-assuredness bordering on smug, condescending arrogance has been the hallmark of his demeanor. His "signature domestic achievement" – The Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare") – was brought into existence only by an arcane budgetary trick pulled off by then-Senate majority sycophant Harry Reid.  After winning a...(Read Full Article)