PRESIDENT OBAMA CONFOUNDS CRITICS

This early in his presidency, President Obama is enjoying huge popularity both home and abroad. This is a welcome and positive development for his aides who are already thinking about his reelection in two 2012. If the popular can continue to ride this popular wave, his reelection in 2012 is all but assured.

On this domestic front, he has achieved much in a relatively short time. His leadership helped passed the largest budget in American history, after barely a month in office. This passing of the budget was crucial for the president ability to pursue most of his domestic agenda. Obama effort to deliver on his campaign promise on Guantanamo Bay has received universal applause in the international community. He has also sharply criticized torture tactics that was endorsed by the previous administration of George W. Bush.

His first foreign trip abroad was also a huge success. In Europe, both European leaders and their people literally fawn over the president. Europe leaders appreciate his all inclusive style of leadership as opposed to George Bush's America first style. Europeans appreciate that fact that Obama is showing them more respected that is usually accorded them by past United States presidents.

Similarly the Europeans masses are enamored by Obama's leadership style: his humility, eloquence and overall charisma. They even appreciate his exotic stock of being the first black U.S. president. Even though there were 19 other world leaders to the G-20 summit in London, President Obama was almost always the center of attention for the European media, the people and their leaders.

All Obama's hugely successful early start as President has confounded his critics so much so that they have resorted preposterous attacks on the irrelevant. Some in the right wing media has attacked Obama's effort in reaching out to foreign countries as demeaning America abroad. Critics are even citing his so called failings in the area of protocol, including sharply lambasting him for alleged bowing to the King of Saudi Arabia. Others have attacked his wife physically embracing the queen of England. What more, Obama’s critics is for attacked him for presenting poor gifts to Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the United Kingdom.

When your detractors start attacking your protocol and gifts you presented, you know you are doing something right. President Obama, at this point in his presidency seems to be hitting all the right nodes, and must keep it that way.