His charisma and intelligence

Oh. Ok, many people say he has those. How do they know? I do not see much, or rather, do not see anything special that would distinguish him from the other recent presidents (in a positive way). What have I missed?

Compare him to Bush.

He may have lost credibility with you but then again you don't speak for everyone.

The majority of the public support the programs and his approval rating has dropped but not significantly:

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obam...

That link you posted claims that the majority, 52%, that disapprove of him. In fact that poll claims he's doing a bad job from what I can see.

Here's another link that shows more polls illustrating the point: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_obam...

I think in general the approval rating for government is pretty low. Not sure if it's at it's all time low, we've had some pretty rough times, but it's not in great shape.

And even the degree of his credibility has become totally irrelevant.

It's the political _system_ that needs some very serious overhaul. Now, if this is possible without _major_ pain for the People, I'm not so sure anymore...

And the sad truth is:

The following elections will just repeat this f#@ked up cycle.

The US suffers from several _systemic_ failures. It's a systemic problem and needs to be addressed as _such_.