It's very early in his reign, oops, administration, to be asking that question. But, since you ask, I'll say that I'm not seeing any of the independent thought and strong decision-making ability that I'd hoped to see. For instance, he could have line-item-veto'ed a great many of the "pork" items in the stimulus bill, yet, he chose not to. What does this say about Obama? That he's already thinking ahead to his next election, instead of thinking about, considering, remembering, that the American taxpayer is paying for a 17 million dollar study of pig odor, thanks to the stimulus bill. That's right -- pig odor.