56 percent believe Obama has negatively transformed the nation

[WhyteRain]

This says more about the sorry state of our sensationalist news media that even 1 percent on either side think our nation has been transformed by Obama.

I guess it depends on your definition of "transformed", doesn't it?

I think it's best at such times to be comparative.

I'd say Obama's first two years -- when his party controlled Congress -- was at least as transformative as Reagan's first two years.  Of course, Reagan didn't get shellacked in his first midterm the way Obama did, so it's been a bit of slow-going since then.

[WhyteRain]

This is the problem with the argument against Obama. His opponents seem to be talking out of both sides of their mouths.

In one breath they say Obama's sweeping changes have drastically changed the foundation of our country, while in the next breath they say he didn't accomplish any of his campaign promises.

So what is he - a tyrant or a do-nothing president?

Wait, where's the contradiction?

1.  "Obama's sweeping changes have drastically changed the foundation of our country."
2.  "He didn't accomplish any of his campaign promises (except the one he made to drastically change the foundation of our country)."

He said he would "fundamentally transform this country".  He did.
He said he would make lots of good things happen.  He didn't.

No contradiction at all.