September 3, 2012 Compiled: 12:16 AM
Following the Republican National Convention, President Obama added a new element to his usual stump speech, describing Mitt Romney and Congressional Republicans as backward-looking.
President Obama has earned a reputation as a perpetually aspiring overachiever, striving to perfect his skills — and often giving himself high marks — even in mundane pursuits like doodling or reading to children.
Be it Democratic politicians or members of Congress, campaign contributors or business leaders, there is a common refrain: Barack Obama does not much identify with us or even much respect what we do.