Obama's in a tough position. Before the mainstream got a chance to know him, he was touted as being "inspirational".

It's hard to pull it off when someone puts you on a stage and says "Be funny" and "Entertain Me". It's also hard when someone puts you on TV and says "Inspire Me".

The times of "I have a dream" speeches are really gone since we are now flooded with information, but I think people tuned in to Obama expecting him to inspire them and when he did not, they dismissed him.

There is substance to the man and there is character. When he says he want to make political influences transparent, he means it and he's done it.

I think Obama's main drawback is that he's too intellectual and not enough of an entertainer for the American public. Perhaps he's just a little too real and a little too boring, and that doesn't capture the headlines or the attention.

I'm not sure what it would actually take to inspire a cynical America.

Having said that, I was never looking to be inspired, I was just trying to figure out the best person for bringing America together again. I think Obama's evenhanded and logical demeanor can do it, or at least hast the best chance. Obama is getting my vote. I don't want to be faced with a ballot that just has Guiliani or Hillary on it.... to me that would just represent a continuation of the status quo.

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