Early indications are that the fawning, over-the-top press coverage of Barack Obama's world tour has backfired with the public. Treating him like a rock star and conquering hero, when actually his speeches were very mundane, his non-scripted comments bordering on the inane and his lack of knowledge appalling--even the uninitiated have seen through the media puffery.
There is still a certain level of decorum, propriety and class Americans expect of their leaders, and over-reaching to look like a president when you aren't even nominated yet, does not go over well. His big trip was historic all right--and crass.
Perhaps Obama can be given the benefit of the doubt, that he was quietly, humbly trying to get educated on foreign affairs. The big media spoiled it, and he is blameless. But this explanation stretches credulity.
Obama is in trouble to start with, due to his thin resume and lack of accomplishments in his two public positions: as a state senator in the Illinois legislature and four years as a U.S. Senator. His time was spent politicking for the next job, rather than digging in to the mundate and difficult task of legislating.
The balloon is bound to burst at some point, whether it's over this staged media circus trip, or some other rookie mistake yet to come.
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