Everyone Knows Obama Has Not Worked Out As A President But People Will Vote For Him Anyway

From The Wall Street Journal, "Noonan: A Remedial Communication Class: Lessons from three recent failures, at the Olympics and on the campaign trail" by Peggy Noonan:

The American people tell you the narrative. They look at the facts produced by your leadership, make a judgment and sum it up. The summation is spoken—the story told—at a million barbecues in a million back yards.

The narrative on the president right now is: He's not a bad guy, but it hasn't worked.

Some people will vote for him anyway, some won't. But all, actually, know it hasn't worked. That's the narrative.