Obama's passivity begs the question, "Is he a golfer playing president, or a president playing golf?"

Three weeks out from the New Hampshire primary and voters in the Granite State don't seem to have settled firmly on one of the Republican presidential candidates.

Barack Obama is showing signs that he may keep his distance from the Democratic Party as president.

It seems that no matter how Obama gets out of this debt-limit deal, he's left in a double bind. He desperately needs to make a new first impression because he cannot successfully run on a terrible economy, an unpopular health care plan and a very confusing foreign policy at a time when most Americans are burned out on foreign policy.

Pundits have lately been comparing Barack Obama to Jimmy Carter, suggesting he is a likely loser in 2012. It's always helpful to be reminded that early polls may not be predictive and that opinion can change, as was the case when Truman won in 1948 and when Carter lost in 1980. But we should also keep in mind that today's polls are better and more frequent than they were 63 years ago.

For guidance on how to take on the massive challenge of health care reform, Barack Obama should look no further than President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

If voters judge President Obama by job creation, as Democrats said George W. Bush should be judged in 2004, he will be revealed to be among the worst presidents in history.

We cannot fully appreciate the psychic burden of ordering into harm's way men and women whom you see in front of you.