You have to consider the abysmal situation he inherited

And the abysmal pace of recovery since he has been in office. The additon of 5 trillion dollars in debt. The waste of taxpayor money on things like Solyndra and his other bundlers. At some point in time, he has take ownership and responsibility and stop blaming Bush.

and the relentless obstruction of the opposing party.

He had a majority in both houses for the first 2 years of his presidency.